remnant roadside vegetation study 1997

Remnant Roadside Vegetation

REMNANT ROADSIDE VEGETATION

OF THE SURF COAST SHIRE

Plains Rice-flower (Pimelia spinescens) - Cressy Road

Prepared for SURF COAST SHIRE

February 1997 by Peter Moulton Mark Trengove Geoff Clark


CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................1

2. STUDY AREA ..................................................................................................................................................1

3. METHODS........................................................................................................................................................2

3.1 CONSERVATION RATING............................................................................................................................3 3.2 REPORT LAYOUT..........................................................................................................................................3

4. DISCUSSION....................................................................................................................................................4

ROAD NAME ADDISCOTT ROAD ............................................................................................................6 ROAD NAME ALLENVALE ROAD ............................................................................................................8 ROAD NAME ANDERSONS ROAD .........................................................................................................10 ROAD NAME ARMYTAGE ROAD ...........................................................................................................11 ROAD NAME ASHMORE ROAD .............................................................................................................12 ROAD NAME ATKINS ROAD ..................................................................................................................13 ROAD NAME BALLANCLAE ROAD .......................................................................................................14 ROAD NAME BAMBRA-AIREYS ROAD..................................................................................................15 ROAD NAME BAMBRA-BOONAH ROAD...............................................................................................19 ROAD NAME BAMBRA CEMETERY ROAD...........................................................................................21 ROAD NAME BAMBRA SCHOOL ROAD................................................................................................24 ROAD NAME BARRABOOL ROAD.........................................................................................................25 ROAD NAME BARWON HEADS ROAD..................................................................................................28 ROAD NAME BARWON LEIGH LANE....................................................................................................29 ROAD NAME BARWON PARK ROAD ....................................................................................................30 ROAD NAME BATSONS ROAD...............................................................................................................31 ROAD NAME BELLS ROAD ....................................................................................................................32 ROAD NAME BELLS BEACH ROAD ......................................................................................................33 ROAD NAME BLACKGATE ROAD .........................................................................................................35 ROAD NAME BLACKS ROAD .................................................................................................................39 ROAD NAME BLOCK LANE....................................................................................................................40 ROAD NAME BLUESTONE SCHOOL ROAD.........................................................................................41 ROAD NAME BOGANS LANE .................................................................................................................42 ROAD NAME BONES ROAD ...................................................................................................................43 ROAD NAME BREAMLEA ROAD ...........................................................................................................45 ROAD NAME BRICKMAKERS ROAD.....................................................................................................46 ROAD NAME BRUSHFIELDS ROAD (south) .........................................................................................47 ROAD NAME BRUSHFIELDS ROAD (north) .........................................................................................50 ROAD NAME BUCKLEY ROAD NORTH ................................................................................................51 ROAD NAME BUCKLEY ROAD SOUTH ................................................................................................52 ROAD NAME BUCKLEY SCHOOL ROAD..............................................................................................54 ROAD NAME BUHRMANNS ROAD........................................................................................................55 ROAD NAME BUSHES LANE..................................................................................................................56 ROAD NAME CALLAMONDAH ROAD...................................................................................................57 ROAD NAME CAPE OTWAY ROAD........................................................................................................58 ROAD NAME CASBAULTS ROAD ..........................................................................................................61 ROAD NAME CENTRE ROAD.................................................................................................................63 ROAD NAME CHARAS ROAD.................................................................................................................66 ROAD NAME CHARLEMONT ROAD .....................................................................................................67 ROAD NAME CHURCH ROAD ...............................................................................................................68 ROAD NAME CLARK ROAD (south).......................................................................................................69 ROAD NAME CLARK ROAD (north).......................................................................................................71 ROAD NAME COALMINE ROAD............................................................................................................72 ROAD NAME CONNIES LANE................................................................................................................74 ROAD NAME CONSIDINES ROAD.........................................................................................................75 ROAD NAME CRAFTERS ROAD ............................................................................................................77 ROAD NAME CRESSY ROAD..................................................................................................................78 ROAD NAME CROOKS ROAD................................................................................................................81


ROAD NAME DANGERS ROAD..............................................................................................................82 ROAD NAME DANS ROAD......................................................................................................................84 ROAD NAME DEANS MARSH - BIRREGURRA ROAD..........................................................................87 ROAD NAME DEANS MARSH - LORNE ROAD .....................................................................................88 ROAD NAME DEVON ROAD ..................................................................................................................92 ROAD NAME DICKENS ROAD...............................................................................................................93 ROAD NAME DICKSONS ROAD ............................................................................................................97 ROAD NAME DOROQ ROAD..................................................................................................................98 ROAD NAME DREWRY LANE.................................................................................................................99 ROAD NAME DUFFIELD ROAD ..........................................................................................................101 ROAD NAME DUNCE TRACK ..............................................................................................................102 ROAD NAME DUNLOE COURT ...........................................................................................................104 ROAD NAME DWYERS ROAD ..............................................................................................................105 ROAD NAME EAGLE POINT ROAD.....................................................................................................106 ROAD NAME ELKINGTON ROAD........................................................................................................108 ROAD NAME ERSKINE FALLS ROAD .................................................................................................110 ROAD NAME ERSKINE FALLS ACCESS ROAD ..................................................................................112 ROAD NAME ERVINS ROAD ................................................................................................................113 ROAD NAME FISHERS LANE...............................................................................................................114 ROAD NAME FLAXBOURNES ROAD ..................................................................................................115 ROAD NAME FORD OUTLET...............................................................................................................117 ROAD NAME FOREST ROAD ...............................................................................................................118 ROAD NAME FULTONS LANE .............................................................................................................121 ROAD NAME GEORGES ROAD (east)..................................................................................................122 ROAD NAME GEORGES ROAD (west) .................................................................................................124 ROAD NAME GHAZEPORE ROAD.......................................................................................................125 ROAD NAME GHERANG ROAD...........................................................................................................127 ROAD NAME GIDDINGS ROAD...........................................................................................................132 ROAD NAME GNARWARRE ROAD ......................................................................................................134 ROAD NAME GRAHAMS LANE ............................................................................................................136 ROAD NAME GRASSDALE ROAD........................................................................................................137 ROAD NAME GRAYS ROAD..................................................................................................................139 ROAD NAME GROSSMANS ROAD.......................................................................................................141 ROAD NAME GUNDRYS ROAD............................................................................................................143 ROAD NAME GUYE ROAD ...................................................................................................................147 ROAD NAME HAINES ROAD................................................................................................................149 ROAD NAME HARDINGS ROAD ..........................................................................................................150 ROAD NAME HEATHS ROAD...............................................................................................................151 ROAD NAME: HEIDI ROAD..................................................................................................................152 ROAD NAME HENDY MAIN ROAD......................................................................................................153 ROAD NAME HOLES LANE..................................................................................................................156 ROAD NAME HOLLOWAYS ROAD.......................................................................................................157 ROAD NAME HONEYS ROAD ..............................................................................................................158 ROAD NAME HORSESHOE BEND ROAD ...........................................................................................159 ROAD NAME HORTIPS ROAD .............................................................................................................162 ROAD NAME HUNTS ROAD.................................................................................................................163 ROAD NAME INGLEBY ROAD .............................................................................................................164 ROAD NAME JAROSITE ROAD ............................................................................................................165 ROAD NAME KAHLS ROAD .................................................................................................................168 ROAD NAME KARAMARA ROAD.........................................................................................................169 ROAD NAME KELLYS LANE.................................................................................................................170 ROAD NAME KELLYS ROAD................................................................................................................171 ROAD NAME KILDEAN ROAD.............................................................................................................172 ROAD NAME KNIGHTS ROAD.............................................................................................................173 ROAD NAME KURZMANS ROAD.........................................................................................................174 ROAD NAME LAKESIDE ROAD ...........................................................................................................176 ROAD NAME LARCOMBS ROAD .........................................................................................................177 ROAD NAME LAYARD ROAD...............................................................................................................179 ROAD NAME LEIGHS LANE.................................................................................................................180 ROAD NAME LEWIS ROAD ..................................................................................................................181 ROAD NAME LIDGERWOODS ROAD .................................................................................................182 ROAD NAME LLOYDS LANE................................................................................................................183 ROAD NAME LOUTITT BAY ROAD......................................................................................................184


ROAD NAME LOWNDES ROAD ...........................................................................................................186 ROAD NAME MARSHMANS ROAD ......................................................................................................187 ROAD NAME MARSHMANS OUTLET ROAD ......................................................................................188 ROAD NAME MATHISONS ROAD........................................................................................................189 ROAD NAME MAWSONS LANE............................................................................................................191 ROAD NAME Mc CALLUMS LANE.......................................................................................................192 ROAD NAME Mc CANNS ROAD...........................................................................................................193 ROAD NAME Mc CONACHYS LANE....................................................................................................195 ROAD NAME Mc CORMACKS ROAD ..................................................................................................196 ROAD NAME Mc DONALDS ROAD......................................................................................................197 ROAD NAME Mc GILVRAYS LANE ......................................................................................................198 ROAD NAME Mc INTYRES ROAD (Off Doroq Road)...........................................................................199 ROAD NAME Mc INTYRES ROAD (Off Anglesea Road).......................................................................201 ROAD NAME Mc MULLANS ROAD......................................................................................................202 ROAD NAME Mc PHEES ROAD ...........................................................................................................203 ROAD NAME MENZELS ROAD ............................................................................................................205 ROAD NAME MERRAWARP ROAD......................................................................................................207 ROAD NAME MINTER DRIVE ..............................................................................................................208 ROAD NAME MINYA LANE ..................................................................................................................211 ROAD NAME MIRNEE SCHOOL ROAD ..............................................................................................212 ROAD NAME MONAHANS ROAD ........................................................................................................213 ROAD NAME MOORES ROAD (east)....................................................................................................214 ROAD NAME MOORES ROAD (west) ...................................................................................................215 ROAD NAME MOUNT DUNEED ROAD ..............................................................................................216 ROAD NAME MOUNT POLLOCK ROAD.............................................................................................220 ROAD NAME MOUNT SABINE ROAD .................................................................................................222 ROAD NAME MURRENGURK ROAD...................................................................................................224 ROAD NAME NOBLES ROAD (primary) .............................................................................................225 ROAD NAME NOBLES ROAD (secondary) ...........................................................................................229 ROAD NAME NOBLES ROAD (off Pollocksford Bridge) ......................................................................230 ROAD NAME NOELS ROAD .................................................................................................................231 ROAD NAME NORTONS ROAD............................................................................................................232 ROAD NAME: ONDIT ROAD.................................................................................................................235 ROAD NAME PARKERS ROAD.............................................................................................................237 ROAD NAME PEELS ROAD..................................................................................................................239 ROAD NAME PENNYROYAL SCHOOL ROAD.....................................................................................240 ROAD NAME PENNYROYAL STATION ROAD ....................................................................................241 ROAD NAME PENNYROYAL VALLEY ROAD ......................................................................................243 ROAD NAME PENNYROYAL-WYMBOOLIEL ROAD...........................................................................245 ROAD NAME PEREGRINE CLOSE.......................................................................................................247 ROAD NAME PETTAVEL ROAD...........................................................................................................248 ROAD NAME PHILLIPS LANE..............................................................................................................250 ROAD NAME PINEWOOD ROAD.........................................................................................................251 ROAD NAME POINT ADDIS ROAD......................................................................................................252 ROAD NAME POLLEYS LANE..............................................................................................................255 ROAD NAME POLLOCKSFORD BRIDGE ROAD................................................................................256 ROAD NAME PORTREATH ROAD .......................................................................................................257 ROAD NAME PRICES LANE .................................................................................................................261 ROAD NAME PRICES ROAD ................................................................................................................262 ROAD NAME RANDLES ROAD ............................................................................................................264 ROAD NAME READS ROAD .................................................................................................................265 ROAD NAME RESERVOIR ROAD.........................................................................................................266 ROAD NAME RIFLE BUTTS ROAD......................................................................................................268 ROAD NAME ROCHFORDS ROAD ......................................................................................................269 ROAD NAME SHELFORD ROAD .........................................................................................................271 ROAD NAME SIMMONS ROAD ............................................................................................................273 ROAD NAME SPLATTS ROAD..............................................................................................................274 ROAD NAME STEVENSONS ROAD......................................................................................................275 ROAD NAME SWABYS LANE................................................................................................................276 ROAD NAME SWAYNES ROAD ............................................................................................................278 ROAD NAME TANNERS LANE..............................................................................................................279 ROAD NAME TAYLORS ROAD .............................................................................................................282 ROAD NAME THEILMANS ROAD ........................................................................................................283


ROAD NAME THOMAS ROAD..............................................................................................................285 ROAD NAME THOMPSONS ROAD ......................................................................................................286 ROAD NAME VICKERYS ROAD ...........................................................................................................287 ROAD NAME VOLUMNS ROAD ...........................................................................................................289 ROAD NAME WAINEWRIGHTS LANE .................................................................................................290 ROAD NAME WALTER ROAD ..............................................................................................................292 ROAD NAME WALTONS ROAD............................................................................................................293 ROAD NAME WENSLEYDALE STATION ROAD.................................................................................294 ROAD NAME WEST ROAD....................................................................................................................300 ROAD NAME WILLIAMS ROAD ...........................................................................................................302 ROAD NAME WILLOWITE ROAD ........................................................................................................303 ROAD NAME WINCHELSEA-DEANS MARSH ROAD..........................................................................306 ROAD NAME WINCHELSEA-INVERLEIGH ROAD.............................................................................310 ROAD NAME WINGEEL ROAD ............................................................................................................312 ROAD NAME WINKLERS LANE ...........................................................................................................313 ROAD NAME WOODACRES ROAD......................................................................................................314 ROAD NAME WORMBETE STATION ROAD .......................................................................................315 ROAD NAME WURDALE ROAD...........................................................................................................320 ROAD NAME YANDINA ROAD.............................................................................................................323

6. REMNANT FLORA RECORDED FROM SURFCOAST ROADSIDES...............................................325

7. REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................................332


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1. INTRODUCTION Remnant vegetation can be described as the original flora component that existed prior to white settlement and surviving to the present day either in its own right or through a process of natural and continual regeneration. Concern over the gradual but significant depletion of remnant vegetation has increased over the past decades and its existence on linear reserves such as roadsides has now been widely acknowledged as having a number of important benefits. Probably the most initially recognisable of these are the landscape and aesthetic values, although its presence is valuable for many more reasons than simply these. Remnants can contribute to various vital yet undervalued ecosystem services such as maintaining biodiversity, providing carbon sinks which absorb greenhouse gases or forming and protecting soils. They provide shelter and shade for stock and assist in maintaining water table levels and preventing salinity. Remnants provide sites for recreation and tourism or they may support vegetation that has cultural significance such as Koori ‘scar’ trees. In essence, remnant vegetation is important for a variety of ecological, economic and social reasons. This manual presents the results of a survey of the remnant vegetation on the roadsides throughout the Surfcoast Shire. The survey includes all used rural roads except those roads within townships or rural residential developments, the Alcoa lease area and public land reserves. It also excludes roads managed and maintained by VICROADS (the Great Ocean Road, Princes Highway and Surfcoast Highway). As the first methodical study of the Shire’s roadsides, the manual is intended to provide a primary reference resource for operational staff and planners involved in roadside management. However, the authors stress that the assessments are based on set evaluation criteria and refer users to the provisions and limitations of the data outlined in Section 4.0 to assist interpretation in the field.

2. STUDY AREA The Surfcoast Shire covers an area of approximately 1560 square kilometres and can be divided into four major land systems as described by Pitt (1981) on the basis of climate, lithology, landform, soil and indigenous vegetation. A small number of restricted coastal areas from Breamlea to Cinema Point have been classified by Pitt (1981) as discrete land systems but are not treated here. • Land system 1. Western Volcanic Plains This system includes the undulating plains located in the northern region of the Shire. The geology is predominantly basalt of the Newer Volcanics with both Tertiary and Quaternary sediments found throughout the region. The annual rainfall ranges from 500 - 600 mm. Land use is primarily mixed agriculture involving mostly sheep and cropping. The now severely depleted Themeda-dominated grasslands once dominated the volcanic plains. Expanses of grassy woodlands supporting Eucalypts such as Red Gum, Manna Gum, Swamp Gum, Yellow Gum and Grey Box were also common but losses due to clearing, disease and other land use impacts have been well documented in literature (see for example Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, 1995 for an overview).


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• Land system 2. Barrabool Hills The Barrabool Hills are a moderately dissected block of the Southern Victorian Uplands. The lithology consists of sedimentary rock of the Barwon Group, Lower Cretaceous sandstones, Cambrian greenstone and Devonian granite. The rainfall ranges from about 500 to 600 mm. Agriculture for beef production and cropping is the primary land use. Scattered Drooping Sheoke woodlands are generally considered to have been the predominant indigenous vegetation of the Barrabool Hills. • Land system 3. Otways Hills and Plains Included in this system are the moderately dissected hills and elevated plains north of the Otway Ranges. The lithology of the system is varied and consists of finely textured, unconsolidated deposits (Barwon floodplain), course textured soils (Bald Hills) and unconsolidated limestone west of Torquay. The annual rainfall ranges from about 600 mm to 1000 mm. Land uses include mixed agriculture such as cropping, sheep, beef, dairying and, to a lesser extent, horticultural and wine making. Other new industries have developed such as breeding exotic animals (e.g. alpacas, water buffalo and ostriches) as well as tourist-related businesses. The indigenous vegetation included forests, woodlands and scrub dominated variously by Messmate, Manna Gum, Snow Gum, Narrow-leaf Peppermint and Brown Stringybark. Red Ironbark and Mountain Grey Gum are indigenous to the coastal regions from Anglesea to Torquay. • Land System 4. Otway Ranges The Otway Ranges land system is moderately to steeply dissected with soils derived from Mesozoic and lower Cretaceous sediments. The annual rainfall generally exceeds 700 mm. A greater part of this land system located within the Surfcoast Shire is reserved as Public land. Land use for residential development is generally restricted to coastal township of Lorne although relatively large tracts of land through the area have been set aside for agriculture, particularly for dairying, or for tourist related facilities.

3. METHODS Survey of remnant vegetation was conducted using the standards and conventions adopted by Surfcoast Shire and the Roadside Conservation Advisory Committee (RCAC) manual for roadside assessment. These conventions particularly apply to the direction of travel, delineation of road segments and measurement of roadside width. An 'Arnie' trip computer, calibrated against a VICROADS reference distance, was used to measure roads, road sections and where applicable, significant species, vegetation communities or roadside features. The starting measurement was taken from a point that defined the intersection of the mid-lines of the roads at the respective junction. The end point was recorded where the roadside vegetation ceased. Measurements along roads or road sections were recorded to the nearest 10m given that changes in the composition and distribution of vegetation generally occurs on a gradient that delineates one community from another. Where applicable, specific features such as notable flora species and cultural or geomorphic features are generally recorded to the nearest meter.


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3.1 CONSERVATION RATING In this report, each roadside has been given a 'conservation rating' based on the criteria set out in the RCAC assessment report sheet (Appendix 1). The rating reflects the value of the roadside vegetation for fauna habitat value, extent of regeneration, the width of the reserve and degree to which the roadside has been physically modified and/or invaded by weed species. It also takes into account the occurrence of significant species and communities of indigenous vegetation where present, although the criteria used to rate values has been modified from the original assessment procedures for this survey. The specific criteria for rating of rarity are as follows; • Species or communities having regional significance = 4 points • Species recognised as having significance throughout Victoria = 8 points • Species recognised as having significance throughout Australia = 10 points Further, where more than one species or community of local significance occurs on a roadside section the score is adjusted by the addition of one point for each significant species or community. For example, the presence of White Everlasting (Chrysocephalum baxteri) is recognised as a regionally significant species and would score a 4 for rarity. If other regionally significant species or communities occurred in the identical roadside section then the rating is increased by one for each species or community to a maximum of 8 points.

The designation of regionally significant species was based on various published and unpublished reports (e.g. Meredith, 1986; Carr and McMahon, unpublished; Beauglehole, 1983) and on additional evaluation by the authors. It was also accepted that vegetation communities of single-species stands, particularly those that stand in isolation as a viable population and usually trees and shrubs, should be recognised as having at least similar conservation value to that assigned to regionally significant species. The designation of significant communities may be less systematic than that applying at a species level but is was considered appropriate for this assessment. The rating for State and National significance follows Gullen, Cheal and Walsh (1990). Significant species have prefixes that are defined at the commencement of the Flora Summary.

3.2 REPORT LAYOUT Roadside assessments are presented in alphabetical order. Details of the roads name, length and the survey date are provided. Roadsides have been assessed in sections corresponding to changes to either or both roadsides in vegetation community types or other significant discontinuities such as marked changes in road width, significant vegetation clearances or township boundaries. A short description of the vegetation or relevant comments are given for each section, in addition to the indigenous species recorded on the roadside. The list of remnant flora for each roadside or roadside section denotes only their presence and not, unless specified in the preceding descriptive comments, their abundance and distribution. There is no systematic order in which species are listed for roadsides or roadside sections except that the dominant trees and shrubs are generally listed first. A survey score is provided for each roadside section and the Conservation Status determined using the following criteria; Survey score Conservation Status • 0 - 7 LOW • 8 - 14 MEDIUM • 15+ HIGH


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Each roadside section length and respective Conservation Status are illustrated graphically in a linear representation of the road. Where a significant species is present on the roadside section and the Conservation Status is not assessed as HIGH, the section is marked by the # symbol. The roadside assessments are followed by a complete summary of the flora recorded throughout the survey and selected photographs of a number of important sites and flora species.

4. DISCUSSION This assessment manual is regarded as a ‘snapshot’ survey of the remnant roadside vegetation. To this extent, there are a number of important limitations on interpreting the survey data, namely; • Flora communities are dynamic and reflect the various environmental and physical factors that

currently operate or that have operated in the past. These factors are numerous but some include fire history, soil moisture content and profile, shading, alien plant competition, light and nutrient availability, and so forth. Therefore, the survey has captured information that is very likely to change over time either due to natural processes or artificial influences.

• Cryptic, small or hidden flora may have been omitted due to the ‘windscreen’ approach employed

during the survey although walking sections was undertaken routinely to provide the most complete list of flora as possible. Orchid flora is also often difficult to identify due to the limited and often variable flowering characteristics. Many orchids were recorded at the generic or family level.

• The assignation of points for rarity that contribute to the overall survey score provides only an

indication of their presence rather than a measure of their abundance and/or dominance. This presence was recorded irrespective if only one specimen was recorded or if many were present. In the instance of Yarra Gum (Eucalyptus yarraensis) which is rated as ‘vulnerable’ nationally, and possibly more common throughout the better drained sites of the hills and plains north of the Otways range than formerly thought, the conservation status of roadsides was frequently elevated even where it was present as a solitary individual.

• The assessment criteria make no allowance for recognising floristic diversity as part of a

significance rating although it is accepted that standardisation of such a measure across a range of community types, and for reasons discussed in dot point 1. above, would be difficult.

• The scope of this project did not allow any systematic survey of the weed species to be carried

out although they may be prevalent in areas. However, in a number of instances the presence and potential conflict of weed invasions on roadside conservation values is discussed in the assessment text.

• The recording of indigenous vegetation follows current taxonomic classification and

nomenclature. While the authors recognise these works (e.g. Ross, 1996; Walsh & Entwisle, 1996a and 1996b) it is possible that further revision may occur with a number of species. For example, the taxonomic status of a Eucalypt common around Anglesea and formerly thought of as a taxon that merits specific rank has now been placed with Mountain Grey Gum (Eucalyptus cypellocarpa). Further taxonomic treatments may also be directed at Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa) and Tree Violet (Hymenanthera dentata) which exhibit variable forms and habit throughout the State.


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ROADSIDE ASSESSMENTS


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ROAD NAME ADDISCOTT ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.175km DATE SURVEYED 25.10.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.07km (both sides)

Left roadside forming a triangular reserve with Anglesea Road of about 2ha. The reserve has a good Eucalypt cover with a number of scattered shrub species throughout in addition to a significant number of remnant species in the ground layer. Disturbances include infestation of ornamental and introduced weeds (particularly Flax-leaf Broom), soil heaping and track formation. The right roadside supports a heathy woodland but the tree cover have been pruned as part of vegetation maintenance below powerlines.

Species recorded: (both sides) Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (left only) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Tussock-grass Poa sp. Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Thelymitra sp. Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Blue Squill Chamaescilla corymbosa


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Survey Score: 15L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.07 - 2.175km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally supporting a Messmate heathy woodland although Swamp Gum is prominant in depressions. Some mid-storey and ground cover has been reduced along property frontages but in other areas species of Acacia are common. The weed content is relatively low on both roadsides.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Common Heath Epacris impressa Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Western Furze Hakea Hakea repullulans Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 19 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.175

Anglesea Rd

Addiscott Road

0.07HIGHHIGH

HIGHMED


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ROAD NAME ALLENVALE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.470km DATE SURVEYED 28.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.12km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered tree and shrub species. The ground cover is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species including Blackberry, Broom and garden plants.

Species recorded: Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides

Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.12 - 0.24km (both sides)

Left roadside abutting bushland reserve and supporting a Eucalypt forest with a number of mid-storey species. Right roadside with scattered shrubs but with a degraded understorey.

Species recorded: (mostly left) Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum

Survey Score: 17 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 0.24 - 3.05km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a tall Eucalypt forest and a diverse midstorey. The weed content is reasonably high in the ground layer.

Species recorded: Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Fireweed Groundsel Senecio linearifolius Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Dusty Daisy-bush Olearia phlogopappa Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.


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Dusty Miller Spyridium parvifolium Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Privet Mock-olive Notelaea ligustrina Slender Tussock-grass Poa tenera Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus * Clustered Everlasting Chrysocephalum semipapposum Pouched Coral-fern Gleichenia dicarpa Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum

Survey Score: 25 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 25 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 4. 3.05 - 3.470km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a moist, tall Eucalypt forest with a diverse shrub layer. The weed content is low throughout.

Species recorded: Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Mountain Ash Eucalyptus regnans * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Blanket-leaf Bedfordia arborescens Soft Tree-fern Dicksonia antarctica Austral Mulberry Hedycarya angustifolia Bootlace Bush Pimelea axiflora ssp. axiflora Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea

Survey Score: 22 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 22 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.470

George St

Allenvale Road

0.12HIGHHIGH

MEDMED

0.24 3.05HIGHLOW

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME ANDERSONS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.940km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 4.940km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. A single Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) occurs at 1.53 on the right roadside.

Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 4.940

Princes Hwy

Andersons Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME ARMYTAGE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 8.300km DATE SURVEYED 30.7.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 8.300km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species with very sparse occurances of some remnant species.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Agrostis sp. Amphibromus sp. Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 8.300

Princes Hwy

Armytage Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME ASHMORE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.000km DATE SURVEYED 18.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.000km (both sides)

Both roadsides treeless and dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.


0.00 1.000

Grossmans Rd

Ashmore Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME ATKINS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 6.265km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 6.265km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting scattered stands of tree species, although there are areas where the stands form a relativley continuous canopy cover. The understory is generally degraded but there is a good cover of Common Tussock-grass where the road is adjacent to Lake Gherang. A stand of Sweet Bursaria occurs on the left roadside at approximately 2.0.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii

Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Acaena sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa


0.00

McConacht St

Atkins Road

6.265LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME BALLANCLAE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.510km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.510km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.510

Barrabool Rd

Ballanclae Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME BAMBRA-AIREYS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 6.585km (to Old Telegraph Rd.) DATE SURVEYED 15.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.30km (both sides)

Both roadsides abutting forested reserve and supporting a Eucalypt woodland with a mid-storey of Acacia species and other shrubs. The understorey is very weedy in areas although a relatively high number of remnant species are present.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Juncus sp Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Hibbertia sp. Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Hyacinth Orchid Dipodium roseum. Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor


Both roadsides with a Messmate dominated woodland with scattered larger shrubs and a degraded understorey due to weed invasions and damage by stock, particulalry on the left roadside.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus


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Left roadside slashed and abutting a pine plantation. Right roadside supports a Eucalypt woodland with a diverse, low shrubby understorey. The weed content is low in comparison with the preceding section.

Species recorded: (right only) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata

Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Hyacinth Orchid Dipodium roseum Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Chrysocephalum sp. Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus

Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 19 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 4. 3.00 - 3.54km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a mature Eucalypt woodland with a dense understorey in parts. The weed content is high in areas including a number of garden plantings at a property frontage. The right roadside abuts a forested reserve at the latter part of the section.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus spp. globulus Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Juncus sp Acaena sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera


Right roadside slashed and degraded although some regenerating Eucalypts occur on the road banking in areas. The left roadside supports a Eucalypt woodland with a high percentage of Blackwoods. The understorey is weedy.


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Species recorded: (mostly left) Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata

R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp.

Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 6. 4.04 - 4.45m (both sides)

Both roadsides cleared of trees and dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 7. 4.45 - 6.585km (both sides)

Left roadsides supporting a Eucalypt woodland with a mid-storey and ground cover of varying density. The right roadside is maintained mostly as a slashed firebreak but segments in the latter part of the section have been allowed to slowly regenerate and includes some Eucalypt saplings, Spiny-headed Mat-rush, Acacia species, Juncus sp. and Austral Bracken.

Species recorded: (left only) Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus spp. globulus

Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Silky Daisy-bush Olearia myrsinoides Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Golden-tip Goodia lotifolia Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Senecio sp. Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus Prickly Starwort Stellaria pungens * Pale Vanilla-lily Arthropodium milleflorum Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea * Tasman Flax-lily Dianella tasmanica Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia


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Survey Score: 17 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 6.585

Winch-Deans Marsh Rd

Bambra-Aireys Road

LOWLOW

1.30 4.04

MEDMED MED

2.32 3.00 3.54 4.45

HIGHHIGHMED

MEDHIGH

LOWMEDLOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME BAMBRA-BOONAH ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 10.136km DATE SURVEYED 15.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 3.36km (both sides)

Both roadsides with sparsely scattered trees and shrubs. The ground cover is dominated by pasture grasses, plantings and weed species.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Carex sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum

Survey Score: 14 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 3.36 - 4.09km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Eucalypt woodland with scattered Blackwood. The open understorey is generally dominated by weeds.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Soft Tussock-grass Poa morrisii Tussock-grass Poa sp.


Both roadsides with scattered areas supporting a Eucalypt/Acacia woodland of varying density. The section has extensive segments that have been slashed, moreso on the left roadside, and areas, particulalry on the right roadside, that have been previously slashed but allowed to regenerate. These latter areas are dominated by Narrow-leaf Wattle and Austral Bracken with scattered Eucalypt saplings, although the section as a whole contains numerous remnant species.

Species recorded: (mostly right side) Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus spp. globulus

Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata


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Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla Common Heath Epacris impressa Pultanea sp. Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides * Red-fruit Saw-sedge Gahnia sieberiana Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Dusty Daisy-bush Olearia phlogopappa Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus


0.00 10.136


Bambra-Boohah Road

MED #MED #

3.36 4.09MEDMED

HIGH

HIGH


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ROAD NAME BAMBRA CEMETERY ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 6.233km DATE SURVEYED 26.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.37km (both sides)

Left roadside elevated from formed road and supporting a mixed Eucalypt and Acacia woodland with an open understorey containing a number of remnant ground cover species. Right roadside with a similar community to the left roadside but with a far greater weed content.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Eucalyptus sp. Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Senecio sp. (left only) Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Orchidaceae sp. Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Sundew Drosera sp. (right only) Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.37 - 4.99km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a non-contiguous Eucalypt/Acacia woodland with variable density and composition. There are areas of intact remnant tussock grasses (both Kangaroo Grass and Poa sp.) but the understorey is degraded to a large extent by weed infestation (particularly Phalaris), plantings of trees and shrubs or, in a number of areas, by continued slashing. A number of smaller shrubs and trees are scattered throughout the length of the section.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Eucalyptus sp. Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus spp. globulus Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa


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Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Tussock-grass Poa sp. Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Prickly Bush-pea Pultenaea forsythiana Trailing Ground-berry Acrotriche prostrata Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides Tall Sedge Carex appressa Running Postman Kennedia prostrata

Golden-tip Goodia lotifolia Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Austral Cranesbill Geranium solanderi Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Cassinia sp. Aceana sp. Juncus sp . Viola sp. Clematis sp. Senecio sp. Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 4.99 - 6.233km (both sides)

Both roadsides variable in width with some areas narrow, particularly on the left roadside. Vegetation communities are also variable but generally include mixed Eucalypt dominated stands, with Acacia species in the mid-storey. There are areas of where the tree cover is minimal and Austral bracken and Juncus sp. are prevalent. There are also segments where slashing has occurred or where weed presence, such as blackberry, is high.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus spp. globulus Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Austral Cranesbill Geranium solanderi Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Tussock-grass Poa sp. Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana * Tasman Flax-lily Dianella tasmanica Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Aceana sp. Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus


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Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera

Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata

Prickly Bush-pea Pultenaea forsythiana Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 16 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 6.233

Winchelsea-Deans Marsh Rd

Bambra Cemetery Road

0.37 4.99HIGHHIGHMED

MEDMED

MED


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ROAD NAME BAMBRA SCHOOL ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.960 km DATE SURVEYED 4.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.960km (both sides)

Both roadsides variously dominated by a sparse to moderately dense cover of different Eucalypts species with an equally variable shrub stratum. The roadsides support some plantation species and the ground cover is generally poor due to weed infestation. The left roadside is more degraded than the right roadside which does support a slightly greater diversity of remnant flora.

Species recorded: (both sides) Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.

Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum (left side) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa (right side) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.960


Bambra School Road

MED

MED


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ROAD NAME BARRABOOL ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 15.085km DATE SURVEYED 80.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 12.258km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting scattered remnant stands of Acacia species and Sheoke. A stand of Red Gum (8.29-8.30) and a single shrub of Sweet Bursaria (in association with Blackwoods and Sheoke between 1.45 and 1.96) also occur on the right roadside while a single Tree Violet (2.45) was recorded on the left roadside. The understorey on both roadsides is generally dominated by weed species, such as Boxthorn and Genista sp., pasture grasses and Austral Bracken but occasional tussocks of Poa sp. and thickets of Saw-sedge persist.

Species recorded: (both sides) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Lightwood Acacia implexa Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Tussock-grass Poa sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum (left only) Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata (right only) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 12.258 - 12.402km (both sides)

This relatively short section of road features a cutting through quaternary ironstone deposits. The roadsides support species indigenous to both heathland, woody grasslands and plains grassland communities. This disjunct community is significant both because of its diversity and because it is an association unrecorded elsewhere on roadsides within the Shire. The community also include a good, intact non-vascular component. Weed invasion by Genista and Gorse, establishment of Acacia longifolia, recent fence construction and works to protect power-line assets need to be addressed as part of its current and future management.

Species recorded: Common Sedge Carex inversa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei * Lemon Beauty-heads Calochephalus citreus Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (x2) Tussock-grass Poa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zelandiae


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Acaena sp. Grassland Cranesbill Geranium retrorsum Austral Cranesbill Geranium solanderi Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Lomandra sp. (x2) Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum * Magenta Stork's-bill Pelargonium rodneyanum Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Oxalis sp. Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Blue Grass-lily Caesia calliantha Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 3. 12.402 - 14.41km (both sides)

Left roadside heavily invaded by pasture grasses and weed species but with scattered remnants of Kangaroo grass, Poa sp. and Acacia species. Right roadside generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. A segment of this roadside included a small, triangular reserve (13.065-13.270) which, while degraded with weeds and plantation species, supported some grassland remnants.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Lightwood Acacia implexa Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Tussock-grass Poa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common Sedge Carex inversa Lomandra sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 14.41 - 14.76km (both sides)

Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside is poorly defined and has a deeply recessed drainage line running along most of its length. It supports a woodland dominated by Sheoke and scattered Acacia species with an understorey of remnant grasses and herbs invaded in parts by Phalaris, Gorse and Boneseed. Stands of mature and regenerating Cherry Ballart are also present.

Species recorded. (right only) Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp.


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Common Woodruff Asperula conferta Lomandra sp. Geranium sp. Oxalis sp. Acaena sp. Pimelia sp. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 5. 14.76 - 15.085km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although there are some scattered Acacia species on both sides. A single mature Red Gum occurs on the left roadside (15.02).

Species recorded: (both sides) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii (left only) Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 15.085

Merrawarp Rd

Barrabool Road

MEDMED

HIGH

HIGH

12.258 12.402LOW

LOW

14.41LOW

MED

14.76LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME BARWON HEADS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.320km DATE SURVEYED 15.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.16km (both sides)

Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside similarly degraded but with a single mature Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) and regenerating saplings.


Left roadside with a small number of Prickly Acacia and a solitary Red Gum. Right roadside with a relatively dense stand of Red Gum and Acacia species.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla

Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00

Bluestone School Rd

Barwon Heads Road

1.3201.16LOWLOW

LOWMED


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ROAD NAME BARWON LEIGH LANE TOTAL LENGTH 1.540km DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.28km (both sides)

The initial section of left roadside forms a triangular reserve with Winchelsea- Inverleigh Road (this reserve is treated under that particular road and not assessed here). The remainder of the left roadside supports Black Wattle with a weedy groundcover. The right roadside is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.


Left roadside supports minor stands of Black Wattle above a weedy groundcover. Right roadside with some patches of remnant grasses, shrubs and tree species.

Species recorded: (both sides) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii (right only) Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (x2) Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis * Inland Pigface Carpobrotus modestus Berry Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata Lomandra sp. Maireana sp. Enchyleana sp. Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 1.18 - 1.540km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.


0.00 1.540*

Winch-Inverleigh Rd

Barwon Leigh Lane

LOW

LOW

0.28 1.18LOWMED #

LOWLOW

* see Winchelsea-Inverleigh Rd


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ROAD NAME BARWON PARK ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 16.848km DATE SURVEYED 23.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 6.45km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grassess and weed species Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 6.45 - 6.55km (both sides)

Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside bordering a semi-saline lake and contains a number of indigenous sedges, grasses and herbs adapted to the saline conditions.

Species recorded: (right only) * Chaffy Saw-sedge Gahnia filum Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora Creeping Brook-weed Samolus repens Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla * Salt Pratia Pratia irregua * Wilsonia sp. Survey Score: 1 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 6.55 - 16.848km (both sides)

Both roadsides relatively degraded from weed invasion although minor occurances of indigenous grasses and herbs were recorded in addition to two woody species, Golden Wattle (15.9 - 16.22, right side) and Tree Violet (13.00 - 14.55). The section included two small triangular reserves, one at the intersection with Shelford Road on the left side and another at 13.41 on the right. The first includes some small and relatively intact remnant grassland species but is otherwise infested with weeds. The second contains a number of tussocks of Poa labillardierei (Common Tussock-grass).

Species recorded: (both sides) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra * Lemon Beauty-heads Calochephalus citreus (left only) Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Varied Raspwort Haloragis heterophylla Acaena sp. (right only) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 16.848LOW

Railway line (south end)

Barwon Park Road

LOW

6.45 6.55LOWMED #

LOW #

LOW #


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ROAD NAME BATSONS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.810km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.810km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although a small number of Black Wattles (Acacia mearnsii) are present . Gorse has invaded the roadside for the initial 400m.


0.00 1.810

Cape Otway Rd

Batsons Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME BELLS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.935km DATE SURVEYED 28.10.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.14km (both sides)

Both roadsides with planted shrubs in addition to lawn and grassy weed species, although a small number of remnant herbs and grasses persist in areas.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Sundew Drosera sp. Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 1.14 - 1.935km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting an open Eucalypt heathy woodland with scattered Acacia throughout. The ground cover has a relatively low weed content.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha

Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Common Heath Epacris impressa Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta

* Blunt Everlasting Argentipallium obtusifolium Survey Score: 13L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.935

Bones Rd

Bells Road

LOWLOW

1.14

MED #MED #


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ROAD NAME BELLS BEACH ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.157km DATE SURVEYED 28.10.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.45km (both sides)

Both roadsides with plantations of native species although a few remnant ground species persist.

Species recorded: (mostly right) Coast Beard-heath Leucopogon parviflorus Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Tussock-grass Poa sp. Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.45 - 0.78km (both sides)

Right roadside is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside supports scattered coastal heathy species.

Species recorded: (left only) Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula

Coast Flax-lily Dianella brevicaulis * Red Ironbark Eucalyptus tricarpa Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum * Winged Spyridium Spyridium vexilliferum Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Coast Beard-heath Leucopogon parviflorus Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Coast Pomaderris Pomaderris oraria Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae * Slender Velvet-bush Lasiopetalum baueri Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 0.78 - 1.01km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by planted shrubs although two remnant species were recorded.

Species recorded: Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Leucopogon sp. Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 1.01 - 1.59km (both sides)


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Both roadsides supporting thickets of remnant shrub species with scattered Red Ironbark throughout. This section also includes a Moonah dominated gully.

Species recorded: (both sides) * Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata * Red Ironbark Eucalyptus tricarpa Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides * Slender Velvet-bush Lasiopetalum baueri (prostrate form) Thyme Rice-flower Pimelia serpyllifolia Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Coast Pomaderris Pomaderris oraria Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Leucopogon sp. Karkalla Carpobrotus rossii (right only) * Shrubby spurge Phyllanthus gunnii Scaevola sp. Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 17 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 5. 1.59 - 1.84km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by planted specimens.


Right roadside is dominated by weed grasses and planted shrubs. The left roadside supporting a low tree and shrub complex with an occasional planted Melaleuca armillaris.

Species recorded: (left only Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale -incomplete) Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha * Red Ironbark Eucalyptus tricarpa Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Coast Pomaderris Pomaderris oraria Spider Orchid Caladenia sp. Survey Score: 14 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.157

Bones Rd

Bells Beach Road

HIGHLOW

1.79

HIGH LOW

1.59

LOWMED #

0.45 1.01 1.84LOWLOW

LOWLOW

LOWHIGH


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ROAD NAME BLACKGATE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 16.430km DATE SURVEYED 11.10.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.26km (both sides)

Both roadsides encompass saltmarsh vegetation dominated by Chaffy Saw-sedge, Blue Tussock-grass and numerous halophytic shrubs and ground cover species. A small segment of the right roadside was recently burnt prior to survey. Approximately 8 plants of the nationally endangered Spiny Pepper-cress were recorded in this segment. Tall Wheat-grass and Phalaris are progressively invading areas of the saltmarsh.

Species recorded: (both sides) * Chaffy Saw-sedge Gahnia filum

Blue Tussock-grass Poa poiformis Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zelandiae Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora Sclerostegia sp. Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla Bolboshoenus sp. * Marsh Saltbush Atriplex paludosa Austral Seablite Suaeda australis * Hemp Bush Gynatrix pulchella Creeping Brook-weed Samolus repens Rounded Noon-flower Disphyma crassifolium * Sea Heath Frankenia pauciflora Streaked Arrow-grass Triglochin striatum Typha sp. * Halosarcia sp. Coast Beard-heath Leucopogon parviflorus Coast Tea-tree Leptospermum laevigatum Common Boobialla Myoporum insulare Hemichroa sp. * Shiny Bog-sedge Schoenus nitens Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha

(right only) E e Spiny Pepper-cress Lepidium aschersonii


Both roadsides initially supporting Golden Wattle stands over a ground cover dominated by Clustered Sword-sedge. The section becomes progressively richer in heathy species as the road rises and the soils become better drained. The weed component varies but there are areas where Gorse, Flax-leaf Broom and other species such as Melaleuca armillaris and Acacia siligna are prevalent.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Acaena sp. Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Coast Flax-lily Dianella brevicaulis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta


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* Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Climbing Lignum Meuhlenbeckia adpressa Sticky Hop-bush Dodonaea viscosa Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Curved Rice-flower Pimelea curviflora Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Coast Beard-heath Leucopogon parviflorus Rough Fireweed Senecio hispidulus * Fan-flower Scaevola albida Seaberry Saltbush Rhagodia candolleana Schoenus sp. Leafless Globe-pea Sphaerolobium vimineum Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum * Peach Heath Lissanthe strigosa Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis * Black Bristle-sedge Chorizandra enodis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Dillwynia sp. Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Soft Bush-pea Pultenaea mollis Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Sweet Hound’s Tongue Cynoglossum suaveolens


Left roadside has been reduced to a narrow linear strip due to road maintenance works. The vegetation is less diverse than the preceding section with the weed content higher. A good stand of Sweet Bursaria occurs on the right roadside between 6.62 and 6.70.

Species recorded: (both sides) Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis

* Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Sundew Drosera sp. Creeping Bossia Bossia prostrata Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula

(right only) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 4. 6.70 - 7.62km (both sides)


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Both roadsides mostly dominated by weed species although a stand of Black Wattle occurs on the right roadside.

Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW

SECTION 5. 7.62 - 9.25km (both sides)

Both roadsides support a diverse assemblage of remnant tree and ground cover species including the tree form of Silver Banksia. Some segments of both roadsides are dominated by weed species including planted Salix sp.

Species recorded: Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form)

Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Dillwynia sp. Sundew Drosera sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata * Hop Bitter-pea Davesia latifolia Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Thelymitra sp. Centella Centella cordifolia Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum * Wiry Buttons Leptorhynchos tenuifolius Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca * Peach Heath Lissanthe strigosa Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata


Left roadside dominated by weed species. The right roadside includes some reasonably intact segments of Acacia and ground cover species but is also heavily invaded by weeds.

Species recorded: (right only) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa

Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Lepidosperma sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Hibbertia sp.



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Both roadsides support a mixed Eucalypt/Allocasuarina woodland with good representation of smaller trees and shrubs such as Sweet Bursaria, Silver Banksia and Cherry Ballart. The heathy ground cover is reasonably good in most areas.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata

Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Lepidosperma sp. * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum * Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Pimelia sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Sundew Drosera sp. Pimelia sp. Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Acaena sp. Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Hibbertia sp. Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea


0.00

Breamlea Rd

Blackgate Road

16.4309.256.705.74LOW LOW

MED #

LOW #

LOW HIGH

HIGH

LOW

0.26 7.62HIGH

HIGHHIGH

HIGH10.28

HIGH

HIGH


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ROAD NAME BLACKS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.090km DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.75km (both sides)

Both roadsides containing remnant species adapted to frequent inundation and semi-saline conditions. The weed component is relatively high.

Species recorded: V Barren Cane-grass Eragrostis infecunda Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora * Shiny Bog-sedge Schoenus nitens Tussock-grass Poa sp. Juncus sp. Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 0.75 - 1.090km (both sides)


0.00 1.090

Shelford Rd

Blacks Road

LOWLOW

0.75HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME BLOCK LANE TOTAL LENGTH 1.210km DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.210km (both sides)


0.00 1.210

Shelford Rd

Block Lane

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME BLUESTONE SCHOOL ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.730km DATE SURVEYED 15.11.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.730km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a small number of trees over a degraded understorey.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata


0.00 1.730

Lower Duneed Rd

Bluestone School Rd

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME BOGANS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 1.620km DATE SURVEYED 6.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.620km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Sheoke dominated woodland with a generally degraded understorey although a number of remnant ground cover species persist. The woodland extends from 0.57 to 1.42.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha

Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa

Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Acaena sp. Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis Tall Sedge Carex appressa Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Lepidosperma sp. Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia

Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.620

Mt Duneed Rd

Bogans Lane

MED

MED


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ROAD NAME BONES ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.775km DATE SURVEYED 28.10.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.79km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a mixed Eucalypt heathy woodland with a mid-storey, where present, generally dominated by Acacia species. The tree canopy is dominated variously by Manna Gum, Messmate, Red Ironbark, and in depressions by Swamp Gum. The ground cover is intact in areas but the weed content is relatively high in some locations. A relic Koori ‘scar’ tree is located close to the formed roadside on the left at 0.919km.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua * Red Ironbark Eucalyptus tricarpa Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Hydrocotyle sp. Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Dillwynia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Heath Epacris impressa Sundew Drosera sp. Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Thelymitra sp. Xanthosia sp. Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Dusty Miller Spyridium parvifolium Survey Score: 18 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH


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18 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 1.79 - 1.93km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a light tree cover with an understorey of thick Thatch Saw-sedge. The weed content is higher in comparison with Section 1.

Species recorded: : Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua * Red Ironbark Eucalyptus tricarpa Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Survey Score: 11 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 1.93 - 2.775km (both sides)

Both roadsides treeless and the ground cover generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. However, a number of remnant grasses, low shrubs and perennials are recorded, mostly from the left roadside.

Species recorded: (mostly left side) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta * Woolly Rice-flower Pimelia octophylla Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Leucopogon sp. Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

* Feather-heads Ptilotus macrocephalus Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.775

Addiscott Rd

Bones Road

HIGHHIGH

1.79MED #LOW

1.93

MED #MED #

Koori scar tree (0.919)


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ROAD NAME BREAMLEA ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.250km DATE SURVEYED 15.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.94km (both sides)

Both roadsides with Red Gum, Drooping Sheoke and Acacia species in scattered stands and or as isolated individuals. Regenerating Red Gum appear on both roadsides. The ground cover is generally degraded although a number of remnant species occur sporadically throughout the length of the Section.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Lightwood Acacia implexa

Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Juncus sp Amphibromus sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla * Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Acaena sp. Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Pimelia sp. Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus

(right only) * Chaffy Saw-sedge Gahnia filum Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.94 - 3.250km (both sides)

Both roadsides mostly degraded due to high weed content. Planted trees and shrubs are present in areas. Remnants include Acacia species, a single old Boobialla and Drooping Sheoke, while Chaffy Saw sedge occurs near the termination of the Section.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata

* Chaffy Saw-sedge Gahnia filum (right only) Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata (left only) Common Boobialla Myoporum insulare Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00

Barwon Heads Rd

Breamlea Road

3.250.94MED MED #

MED #MED #


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ROAD NAME BRICKMAKERS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 5.520km DATE SURVEYED 4.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 2.39km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting mostly small stands of Acacia species over a ground cover dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Plantations of pines and Melaleuca are present.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 2.39 - 5.520km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a non-contiguous, linear strip encompassing areas of woodland variously dominated by Eucalypts, Acacia or Sheokes. There are areas where remnant tress, and to a lesser extent the ground cover species, are well represented but there are also areas where plantations and the invasion of pasture grasses have reduced the natural values of the roadsides.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Prickly Starwort Stellaria pungens (right only) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Survey Score: 22 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 22 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 5.520

Cape Otway Rd

Brickmakers Road

HIGH

2.39LOW

LOW

HIGH


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ROAD NAME BRUSHFIELDS ROAD (south) TOTAL LENGTH 2.970km DATE SURVEYED 23.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.84km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered and mixed tree cover with a degraded understorey.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon (left only) Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.84 - 1.66km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting an open Eucalypt woodland variously dominated by Swamp Gum or Messmate. The mid-storey is sparse but contains Eucalypt saplings, Acacia species and Prickly Tea-tree. The ground cover supports dense patches of Thatch Saw-sedge in areas in addition to a number of heathy species.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 16 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 3. 1.66 - 1.89km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by plantation pines with scattered remnant along the length of the section.


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Species recorded: Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 1.89 - 2.16km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Messmate woodland with a dense understorey of Acacia species, Prickly Tea-tree and Austral Bracken. The weed content is low.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Sweet Wattle Acacia suaveolens Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 5. 2.16 - 2.52km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a high level of weed invasion but containing a number of remnant species. Pine plantations are present on the right roadside. The left roadside supports a Sweet Bursaria at 2.33.

Species recorded: (both sides) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum (left only) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 6. 2.52 - 2.970km (both sides)

Both roadsides with an open canopy of Messmate and, to a lesser extent, Manna Gum. There is a low shrub layer in areas while the ground cover consists of quantities of leaf litter and a grass/sedge mix. The weed content is moderately high on both roadsides.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Tussock-grass Poa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor


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0.00 2.970

Hendy Main Rd

Brushfields Road (south)

0.84HIGHHIGH

LOWLOW

1.66MEDMED

2.16

LOWMED

2.52MED

MED

1.89LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME BRUSHFIELDS ROAD (north) TOTAL LENGTH 0.515km DATE SURVEYED 6.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.035km (both sides)

Left roadside with a mixed Eucalypt woodland over a relatively dense mid-storey of Tea-tree, Thatch Saw-sedge and Acacia species. The right roadside is predominantly cleared of trees but supports a diverse ground cover including Eucalypt regeneration.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis

Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Brown Stringybark Eucalyptus baxteri Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Senecio sp. Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Spyridium sp. Hibbertia sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Lepidosperma sp. Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Common Bog-sedge Schoenus apogon Goodenia sp.

Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.515

Loutitt Bay Rd

Brushfields Road (north)

HIGH

MED #


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ROAD NAME BUCKLEY ROAD NORTH TOTAL LENGTH 3.400km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 2.40km (both sides)

Right roadside supporting an open Red Gum woodland with scattered Blackwoods between 0.86 and 0.94. The remainder of the roadside with a sparse cover of Acacia species and areas where Common Tussock-grass persists. The left roadside is degraded.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei

Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 2.40 - 3.400km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered Black Wattles (Acacia mearnsii) over a degraded ground cover.


0.00

Princes Hwy

Buckley Road North

3.4002.40LOWLOW

LOWMED


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ROAD NAME BUCKLEY ROAD SOUTH TOTAL LENGTH 7.200 km DATE SURVEYED 23.7.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.33km (both sides)

Ground cover of pasture and weed species, particularly Phalaris. A single Drooping Sheoke and a single Blackwood are located on the left roadside.

Species recorded: (left only) Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 1.33 - 1.72km (both sides)

Roadside incorporates drainage line to Lake Modewarre. Remnant vegetation consists of species adapted to frequent inundation. Phalaris is a common weed present.

Species recorded Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Varied Raspwort Haloragis heterophylla White Purslane Neopaxia australasica Agrostis sp. Juncus sp. Myrophyllum sp. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 1.72 - 2.68km (both sides)

Comprised of pasture grassesand weed species including Furze, Phalaris and Tagaste. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 2.68 - 3.53km (both sides)

Right roadside dominated by pasture and weed species. Left roadside with a tree plantation within a widened reserve. A number of remnant species occur under the tree canopy including native grasses and shrubs. Black Wattle and Drooping Sheoke are also present throughout the plantation. Boxthorn and Furze are the dominant weeds .

Species recorded: (left only) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle A. pycnantha Black Wattle A. mearnsii Tussock-grass Poa sp. Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta


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Acaena sp. Austrostipa sp. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 5. 3.53 - 7.200km (both sides)

Roadside modified to a large extent with ground cover mostly weeds although tussocks of Themeda triandra and Austrostipa sp. are present in small areas. Acacia species are located in varying densities along this roadside section with good regeneration occurring. A single Red Gum (4.62) is present on left roadside.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle A. pycnantha Prickly acacia A. paradoxa Black Wattle A. mearnsii Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Austrostipa sp. Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

1.330.007.200LOW

Princes Highway

Buckley Road South

LOW

MED

MED

2.68 3.53MED

LOW

LOW

LOW

1.67LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME BUCKLEY SCHOOL ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 5.200km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.72km (both sides)

Right roadside wide and adjoining a railway reserve. It supports a reasonably extensive woodland dominated by Drooping Sheoke with Acacia species scattered throughout. The understorey is weedy in areas and the remnant assemblage is relatively low in diversity. The left roadside has some sparsely scattered Drooping Sheoke and Acacia species.

Species recorded: (both sides) Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata

Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha

(right only) Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis


Both roadsides with isolated and clumped stands of Sheoke and Acacia species. The understorey is generally degraded.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra


0.00

Princes Hwy

Buckley School Road

5.2000.72

MEDMEDLOW

HIGH


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ROAD NAME BUHRMANNS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.920km DATE SURVEYED 5.7.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.920km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered mature and regenerating Manna Gum over a mostly degraded understorey.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Isolepis sp. Juncus sp Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Spear-grass Austrostipa sp.


0.00

Barwon Tce

Buhrmanns Road

0.920LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME BUSHES LANE TOTAL LENGTH 2.250km DATE SURVEYED 17.1.1997 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.250km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although a number of remnant tree, shrub and ground cover species are recorded as scattered individuals or small stands along the length of the roadsides.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Juncus sp Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum


0.00 2.250

Deans Marsh-Birregurra Rd

Bushs Lane

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME CALLAMONDAH ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.870km DATE SURVEYED 23.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.870km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses and weed species although the left roadside supports two Red Gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) at 0.81 and 0.82km.


0.00 0.870

Gnarwarre Rd

Callamondah Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME CAPE OTWAY ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 39.167km DATE SURVEYED 4.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 3.14km (both sides)

Both roadsides with sparse and scattered individual or clumped tree and shrub species. The groundcover is mostly pasture grasses and weed species along with infestations of Gorse. The left roadside includes a triangular reserve at the intersection of Mount Duneed Road but is not treated in here except as a ‘flag’ on the Linear Representation below (see Mount Duneed Road).

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 3.14 - 3.56km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Poa dominated grassland although the section is heavily infested by introduced grasses and weed species such as Gorse, in addition to being affected by saline discharge in the upper soils.

Species recorded: Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Creeping Brook-weed Samolus repens Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. White Sebaea Sebaea albidiflora Knobby Club-sedge Isolepis nodosa. Plantago sp. Epilobium sp. Agrostis sp. Juncus sp. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 3.56 - 4.15km (both sides)

Both roadsides mostly degraded. Some small stands of Golden Wattle persist while an isolated stand of Drooping Sheoke occurs on the right roadside at 3.745.

Species recorded: Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata


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Left roadside with a relatively weed free but light cover of remnant grasses and scattered shrubs. The right roadside supports some Themeda patches and isolated specimens of Prickly Acacia but is heavily infested by introduced grasses.

Species recorded: (both sides) Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa (right side only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra (left side only) Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. * Dwarf Mat-rush Lomandra nana Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 5. 4.48 - 6.45km (both sides) Both roadsides of low value due to the high weed cover or because they are within the township boundary where lawn grasses and plantings dominate. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 6. 6.45 - 6.87km (both sides)

Right roadside with a good but relatively sparse stand of Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) although the ground cover is degraded by grassy weed species. Left roadside supports predominantly weed species but some plants of Prickly Acacia (Acacia paradoxa) persist.


Both roadsides containing sparse remnants in isolated small stands or as individual plants. Acacias are the dominant tree/shrub component occuring in this section while small patches of Themeda, and Poa to a lesser extent, occur along its length. A saline affected area includes some native halophytic species.

Specie recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla Knobby Club-sedge Isolepis nodosa. Creeping Brook-weed Samolus repens Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Juncus sp. Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 8. 10.96 - 11.23km (both sides)


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Left roadsides supports a good cover of Kangaroo Grass. However, the Themeda grassland is infested with Briza minor and is species poor possibly because of seasonal slashing. The right roadside has no remnant vegetation being dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 9. 11.23 - 39.167km (both sides)

Both roadside reserves with extensive areas of pasture grasses and weed species, while areas have also support plantations of non-indigenous species. However, other areas along this section contain small to relatively lengthy patches of remnant vegetation including trees, shrubs and ground cover species associated with the former native grasslands. Individual Yarra Gums occurring on both roadsides have raised the section’s conservation status which would otherwise be low.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Cudweed Gnapthalium sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 39.167

Princes Hwy

Cape Otway Road

3.14 3.56

LOW

MED #

4.15

HIGH

HIGHLOWLOW

MED

LOW

6.45 6.87 10.96 11.23

LOWLOW

MED #LOW

LOWLOW

MEDMED

4.48

LOWLOW

reserve Mt Duneed Rd HIGH


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ROAD NAME CASBAULTS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.465km DATE SURVEYED 17.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.075km (both sides)

Both roadsides weed free and supporting a closed Eucalypt woodland with a thick midstorey of Acacia and Eucalypt saplings and a dense ground cover of Thatch Saw-sedge. The left roadside forms a triangular reserve of approximately 0.3 ha with Wensleydale Station Road.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 0.075 - 0.37km (both sides)

Left roadside is greater than 5 meters in width. It has been cleared of trees and heavily infested with pasture grasses but a number of remnant species persist. Right roadside variable in width but generally narrower than 3 meters. It supports a similar but more open and diverse vegetation community to Section 1

Species recorded: (both sides) Thelymitra sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (right only) Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Common Fringe-lily Thysanotus tuberosus Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Schoenus sp. (left only) Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Microtis sp. Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM


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The condition and vegetation type of the left roadside continues from Section 2 although there are patches where Wallaby Grass is present. The right roadside has been cleared of trees but contains a good cover of Wallaby Grass.

Species recorded: Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 4. 0.72 - 1.465km (both sides)

Left roadside has been mostly slashed and cleared of trees due to installation of overhead powerlines but there are a variety og remnant species remaining. Right roadside supports an open Eucalypt woodland with a mid-storey of Eucalypt saplings, Acacia species and Prickly Tea-tree. The ground cover supports an array of remnant species.

Species recorded: (both sides) Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Fringe-lily Thysanotus tuberosus (right only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Centella Centella cordifolia Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Weather-glass Hypoxis sp. Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Trailing Goodenia Goodenia lanata Thelymitra sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis (left only) Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Microtis sp. Xanthosia sp. Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.465

Wensleydale Station Rd

Casbaults Road

HIGH

0.37LOW

MED

MEDHIGHHIGH

0.075 0.71LOWMED


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ROAD NAME CENTRE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.449km DATE SURVEYED 17.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.80km (both sides)

Right roadside with most of the section supporting a dense Eucalypt woodland with a mid-storey of Eucalypt saplings, Acacia species and Prickly Tea-tree in parts. It includes a plantation of native species. Left roadside contains some tree and shrub cover at the commencement of the section but is generally of low value for the remainder of the roadside due to weed infestation.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae (right only) Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.80 - 1.14km (both sides)

Left roadside with solitary mature specimens of Messmate and Manna Gum in addition to a stand of Blackwood. The ground cover is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. The right roadside has been disturbed in parts by ploughing but some sparse stands of Eucalypt and Acacia species occur throughout the length of the section.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 1.14 - 1.38km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting an open, mature Manna Gum woodland with a mid-storey of Acacia and, to a lesser extent, Cherry Ballart. The ground cover is generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii


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Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 4. 1.38 - 1.49km (both sides)

Left roadside supporting a small Poa grassland within a drainage line. The grassy weed content is high. The right roadside is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: (left only) Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus (right only) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 5. 1.49 - 1.61km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) woodland above a weedy ground cover.


Both roadsides supporting an open Manna Gum woodland with scattered Acacia and Eucalypt regeneration in the mid-storey. The ground cover includes some intact patches of remnant species.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Thelymitra sp. Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Survey Score: 14 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 7. 1.88 - 2.78km (both sides)

Both roadside with a few scattered and discrete stands of Acacia species, predominantly Blackwood. The right roadside includes a solitary Sweet Bursaria at 2.47. The ground cover is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae


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Both roadsides with an open Eucalypt woodland which includes several mature Snow Gums on the right roadside in a stand and a single young specimen on the left. A solitary Snow Gum is also located on the right at the termination of this section. This stand is located on an elevated spur and appears to be disjunct from those stands occuring within the Thompsons Creek headwaters. The woodland has no mid-storey and the ground cover is generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 9. 2.97 - 3.449km (both sides)

Both roadsides with sparsely scattered Acacia species. The ground cover is generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although there a some remnant species scattered throughout.

Species recorded: Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Calocephalus sp. Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.449

Wormbete Station Rd

Centre Road

0.80 1.14MED #MED #

LOWMED

1.38MED

MEDLOWLOW

1.88MED

MED

1.49 1.61 2.78 2.97LOWLOW

LOWLOW

MEDMED

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME CHARAS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.865km DATE SURVEYED 23.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.865km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a closed heathy Messmate woodland although Swamp Gum is more prominant in areas with wetter soils. A mid-storey of Prickly Tea-tree and Acacia species is present in locations with Thatch Saw-sedge prominant in the lower stratum.

Species recorded: (both sides) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Common Heath Epacris impressa Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Sundew Drosera sp. Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.865

Nortons Rd

Charas Road

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME CHARLEMONT ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.630km DATE SURVEYED 18.10.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.630km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Drooping Sheoke and, to a lesser extent, Red Gum woodland. Weed infestations, particularly Gorse and Phalaris, has degraded the understorey. However, a number of remnant shrubs and ground cover species persist.

Species recorded: Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata * Black Bristle-sedge Chorizandra enodis Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Sundew Drosera sp. Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Juncus sp Variable Sword-sedge Lepidosperma laterale Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Common Boobialla Myoporum insulare Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Acaena sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Pimelia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior


0.00 1.630

Lower Duneed Rd

Charlemont Road

MED #

MED #


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ROAD NAME CHURCH ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.138km DATE SURVEYED 11.11.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.138km (both sides)

Remnant vegetation on both roadsides includes very isolated individual or clustered shrub and tree species. The ground cover consists of mainly pasture grasses and weed species although a few remnant grasses, herbs and rushes persist.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata Common Reed Phragmites australis Juncus sp. Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.138

Cape Otway Rd

Church Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME CLARK ROAD (south) TOTAL LENGTH 1.437km DATE SURVEYED 17.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.55km (both sides)

Both roadsides with an open Eucalypt woodland with thickets of Prickly Tea-tree and Thatch Saw-sedge in the under-storey. The weed content is very low and numerous remnant heathy woodland species occur along the section. The left roadside inludes a slashed segment between 0.26 and 0.43km.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Sundew Drosera sp. Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Weather-glass Hypoxis sp. Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Screw Fern Lindsaea linearis Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 0.55 - 0.79km (both sides)

Left roadside vegetation continues from Section 1. The right roadside includes some narrow strips of vegetation which have been modified in most parts by clearing.

Species recorded: (both sides) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Tussock-grass Poa sp. (left side) see Section 1. Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM


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Both roadsides supporting a more heavily timbered Eucalypt woodland than Section 1 with a dense mid-storey in areas. A number of additional remnant species are recorded for this section.

Species recorded: see Section 1. (additional): Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 4. 1.05 - 1.437km (both sides)

Right roadside narrows and mostly supports a dense shrub/sedge stratum. Left roadside partly disturbed due to grading but contains an open woodland with scattered shrubs. The weed content is low on both roadsides.

Species recorded: (right only) Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula (left only - Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata not complete) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa Survey Score: 14 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.437

from road formation

Clark Road (south)

MED

0.55 HIGH

MED

MEDHIGHHIGH

0.79 HIGHHIGH

1.05


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ROAD NAME CLARK ROAD (north) TOTAL LENGTH 0.390 DATE SURVEYED 13.2.1997 DESCRIPTION 00.0 - 0.390 km (both sides)

Right roadside variable in width and ranging from 0.5 - 2.0m. The roadside supports scattered young Acacia and Eucalypt saplings with dense understorey of Austral Bracken and Prickly Tea-tree. The left roadside includes a triangular reserve to 0.081 (see Wensleydale Station Road). The remainder of the roadside is relatively heavily wooded with mixed Eucalypts and scattered Acacia species. The ground cover is reasonably intact while also including a high percentage of leaf litter and small logs.

Species recorded: (both sides) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata

Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula

Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Groundsel Senecio sp. Juncus sp

(left only) Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua

Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Sheep’s Burr Acaena echinata Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form)

Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Sundew Drosera sp. Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum

Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Hydrocotyle sp. Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Plantain Plantago sp. Velvet Tussock-grass Poa rodwayi

Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM

LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.390

Wensleydale Station Rd

Clark Road (north)

0.081 HIGH

MED

*

* see Wensleydale Station Rd


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ROAD NAME COALMINE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.041km DATE SURVEYED 4.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.53km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed.


Both roadsides include a good stand of Acacia species on either side of a stream crossing. The remaining roadside of this section supports a small number of remnant trees, shrubs and grasses in areas but, in general, the ground cover is dominated by weed species.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 1.25 - 1.98km (both sides)

Both roadsides abutting native forest and supporting a diverse number of species characteristic of a dry, closed woodland community with heathy affinities. Weed content is minimal.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarriensis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.


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Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Common Lagenifera Lagenifera stipitata Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Asperula sp. Juncus sp. Survey Score: 17 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 17 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 4. 1.98 - 2.32km (both sides)

Left roadside supporting scattered Messmate over a poor ground cover. Right roadside contains a tree cover of Eucalypts and Acacias but the ground cover is also dominated by weeds.

Species recorded: (both sides) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii (left only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua (right only) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 5. 2.32 - 3.041km (both sides)

Both roadsides treeless and dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although some Thatch Saw-sedge and Prickly tea-tree persist.

Species recorded: Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.041


Coalmine Road

0.53 1.25HIGHHIGH

LOWLOW

1.98MED

MEDLOWLOW

2.32

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME CONNIES LANE TOTAL LENGTH 0.520km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.520km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside commences as a triangular reserve and at the time of survey was fenced off for grazing. This reserve supports some Blackwoods and Swamp Gum while a stand of Black Wattle occurred further along on the left roadside (0.110-0.130).

Species recorded: (right only) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata (left only) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.520

Cape Otway Rd

Connies Lane

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME CONSIDINES ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.773km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.75km (both sides)

Left roadside mostly degraded although there are scattered mature and regenerating tree species throughout and a small triangular reserve at the termination of the section that supports some patches of remnant grasses and Blackwood. The right roadside is widened and incorporates a relatively deep drainage channel. The vegetation community consists of a contiguous tree canopy dominated mostly by Swamp Gum. The community is structurally complex with various small trees, shrubs and ground cover species present. However, weeds such as Boneseed, Gorse and Phalaris have heavily invaded areas throughout the section. In addition, segments have been degraded through dumping of rubbish, stockpiling of road making materials and storage of hay bales.

Species recorded: (mostly right side) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii

Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Acaena sp. Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis


Both roadsides mostly domianted by pasture grasses and weed species although there are scattered patches of Poa sp. and a stand of Blackwood on the left roadside.

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SECTION 3. 4.90 - 4.773km (both sides) Both roadsides with minor occurrances of remnant trees, shrubs and some ground cover species. The weed content is high.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Acaena sp. Knobby Club-sedge Isolepis nodosa.


0.00

Princes Hwy

Considines Road

4.7731.75LOW LOW

LOW

LOW

LOWHIGH

4.09


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ROAD NAME CRAFTERS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.935km DATE SURVEYED 28.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.87km (both sides)

Right roadside supporting a mixed species woodland of variable density. The ground cover is dominated by pasture grasses. The left roadside is treeless and without any remnant vegetation species.

Species recorded: (right only) R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarriensis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Sundew Drosera sp. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 18 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 0.87 - 0.935km (both sides)

Right roadside supporting a mature woodland on Manna Gum with predominantly bracken in the understorey. Left roadside with young saplings and emergent seedlings but a generally weedy ground cover.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum (right only) Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.935

Gherang Rd

Crafters Road

LOW0.87LOW

HIGH MED


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ROAD NAME CRESSY ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 13.73 km DATE SURVEYED 30.7.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.00km (both sides)

Wide roadsides consist of weed species and cultivated lawn grasses. Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 1.00 - 1.80km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a high percentage of pasture grasses and weed species. Milky Beauty Heads occur in relatively continuous, narrow strip along left roadside while Kangaroo Grass occurs in isolated hummocks on the right roadside. Spear grass and Poa sp.are also present to a lesser extent on both roadsides.

Species recorded: Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 1.80 - 2.50km (both sides)

Both roadsides infested with pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside is greater in width than right roadside.


Right roadside infested with weed species and narrow in width (2m). Left roadside approximately 20m in width and contains a number of indigenous herbs and grasses. A low-lying and saline affected area located near the commencement of this section contains some halophytic plants such as Beaded Glasswort and Australian Salt-grass. This area is heavily infested with Tall Wheat-grass. The roadside rises in elevation from this drainage line with Milky Beauty-heads dominating a linear strip 2-3m in width and running centrally along the length of the roadside. This strip also contains several other remnant species including the threatened Plains Rice-flower. About 5 plants were observed (3.337).

Species recorded. (left only) Tussock-grass Poa sp. Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. v Plains Rice-flower Pimelea spinescens Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla Asperula sp. Acaena sp. Pelargonium sp.


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Roadsides degraded with pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside approximately 20m in width.

Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 6 6.55 - 9.68km (both sides)

Right roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although scattered remnants of Austostipa sp. and Kangaroo Grass are present near the termination of this section. Left roadside is similarly infested with weed species but to a far lesser extent and in some areas of this section the remnant vegetation is intact and relatively extensive. The number of indigenous grasses and herbs that occur along this length of roadside exceeds that of the preceeding section. The threatened Plains Rice-flower occurs in two discrete locations (6.640 - 6.550 and 7.787 - 7.910). An open drainage line has been excavated along a greater part of the left roadside.

Species recorded. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra (left only) Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum v Plains Rice-flower Pimelea spinescens Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus * Lemon Beauty-heads Calochephalus citreus Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Variable Plantain Plantago varia Acaena sp. Geranium sp. Survey Score: 18 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 7. 9.68 - 10.26 (both sides)

The roadside vegetation within this section comprises marsh species adapted to the semi-saline conditions of Lake Murdeduke which extends on either side of the road. Barren Cane-grass is present as a dense cover in areas of the road reserve, particularly on the left-hand side. Tall Wheat-grass has invaded both roadsides.

Species recorded: V v Barren Cane-grass Eragrostis infecunda Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora Creeping Brook-weed Samolus repens Shiny Swamp-mat Selliera radicans Bolboshoenus sp. Survey Score: 23 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 22 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 8. 10.26 - 11.80 (both sides)

Roadsides degraded with pasture grasses and weeds. Left roadside approximately 20m in width.

Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW


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2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 9. 11.80 - 13.560 (both sides)

Right roadside mostly degraded with pasture grasses and weeds. Left roadside supports an extensive Themeda grassland, which is intact in areas but invaded by pasture grasses in others. A stand of Blackwood is present within the grasslands at approximately 13.2km. A rocky outcrop, located at 12.2km, supports a grassy shrubland occupied by Prickly Acacia and scattered Tree Violet (divaricate form). At the termination of the roadside the vegetation community consists of marsh species including the threatened Barren Cane-grass.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra (left only) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Tussock-grass Poa sp. Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa V v Barren Cane-grass Eragrostis infecunda Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Varied Raspwort Haloragis heterophylla Geranium sp. Lomandra sp. Survey Score: 23 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

1.000.00 13.560LOW

Railway line

Cressy Road

LOW

LOWLOW

1.80 6.55HIGHLOW

HIGH HIGH

Princes Hwy end

2.50LOWLOW

4.28LOWLOW

9.68

LOW

10.26

HIGH

LOW

LOW

11.80HIGH

LOW

Wingeel Road


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ROAD NAME CROOKS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.950km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION . 0.00 - 0.950km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by ground cover of pasture grasses and weed species although Prickly Acacia (Acacia paradoxa), Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) and Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) were recorded on the left roadside between 0.40 and 0.70.


0.00 0.950

Merrawarp Rd

Crooks Road'

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME DANGERS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 7.329km DATE SURVEYED 11.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.34km (both sides)

Both roadsides abutting State forest. Vegetation type is a dry open heathy woodland with minimal disturbance.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common Heath Epacris impressa Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Prickly Geebung Personia juniperina Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata * Dwarf Wedge-pea Gompholobium ecostatum Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 19 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 0.34 - 3.60km (both sides)

This section includes areas of closed woodland to areas where the tree cover is sparse, due mainly to works associated with power line placement. Manna Gum and Messmate are variously dominate or co-dominant with other Eucalypts present throughout. The presence of a mid-storey is variable but in some locations is well defined by Acacia species and tea-tree and to a lesser extent by other shrub species such as hakea and cherry ballart. The ground cover also varies and ranges from a srong heath alliance to a grassy/sedge component. A number of areas are modified as a result of slashing or weed invasion.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus


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Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Sundew Drosera sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Thelymitra sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Western Furze Hakea Hakea repullulans Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Juncus sp. Survey Score: 21 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 21 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 3. 3.60 - 3.65km (both sides)

A relatively short section of open grassland within a drainage line containing a high proportion of weed species but also including remnant tussocks of Poa labillardieri.


Both roadsides generally dominated by Acacia species with scattered Eucalypts throughout. Numerous Snow Gums occur from 4.082 onwards within this road section. Thatch Saw Sedge is a dominant groundcover species.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 5. 4.28 - 4.77km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by a woodland of Eucalypt species with occasional Black Sheokes present. The distribution of Snow Gums continues from the previous section and extends to 4.675km. The ground cover is mostly introduced grasses.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Survey Score: 14 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM


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14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 6. 4.77 - 6.23km (both sides)

Both roadsides variously dominated by a generally sparse woodland of Eucalypt species or Black Sheoke. Individual Snow Gums occur at 4.950 and 5.010 on the right roadside while 3 are present on both roadsides at 5.030. They are more more densily distributed between 5.60 to 5.832. A single specimen of Golden Spray occurs at 5.353. The ground cover is mostly introduced grasses although a few remnant spesies persist.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta * Golden Spray Viminaria juncea Survey Score: 18 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 18 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 7. 6.23 - 7.239km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a Eucalypt cover ranging from good to sporadic in areas. Yarra Gums are present on both roadsides. The groundstorey is predominantly introduced and pasture grasses although some regenerating Eucalypts are recorded.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 7.329

Tanners Rd

Dangers Road

HIGH

HIGH

0.34 3.60HIGH

HIGH

LOW

LOW

3.65 4.28 6.23HIGH

HIGH

HIGH

HIGH

HIGH

HIGH MED #

MED #4.77

ROAD NAME DANS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.396km DATE SURVEYED 18.10.1996


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DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.34km (both sides)



Both roadsides with a light cover of trees, mostly Red Gums, with a generally degraded understorey although a number of remnants species persist.

Species recorded: (both sides) Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa

Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Pimelia sp. Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Juncus sp.

(left only) * Black Bristle-sedge Chorizandra enodis Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 2.11 - 2.47km (both sides)

Right roadside within an expansive wetland supporting a Carex sedgeland. The weed content of the left roadside is high.

Species recorded: (mostly right side) Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis

Common Blown Grass Agrostis avenacea Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Senecio sp.


Left roadside adjoins a streamside reserve which is not delineated. The vegetation is dominated by an light Acacia canopy over a generally degraded understorey with Gorse prevalent. The right roadside is degraded but supports a single mature Sweet Bursaria.

Species recorded: (right only) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa (left only) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii

Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra


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Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM

4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 5. 2.65 - 2.74km (both sides)



Both roadsides with a good tree cover but the understorey is mostly comprised of exotic species. The right roadside trees have been lopped due to maintenance measures for overhead powerlines.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Sticky Hop-bush Dodonaea viscosa Pimelia sp. Juncus sp Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum


0.00

Bluestone School Rd

Dans Road

3.3962.742.472.11LOW LOWMED #

LOWLOW LOWMEDLOW

1.34 2.65

MEDLOW MED

MED


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ROAD NAME DEANS MARSH - BIRREGURRA ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.330km DATE SURVEYED 17.1.1997 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 3.330km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although a number of remnant tree, shrub and ground cover species are recorded as scattered individuals along the length of the roadsides. The presence of a solitary Yarra Gum has elevated the survey score for the right roadside which would otherwise be of low conservation status.

Species recorded: (both sides) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii

Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae

(right only) R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.330

Deans Marsh-Lorne Rd

Deans Marsh-Birregurra Rd

LOWMED #


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ROAD NAME DEANS MARSH - LORNE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 22.020km DATE SURVEYED 28.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.66km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered Blackwoods (Acacia melanoxylon) above a degraded understorey. Planted specimens are present on the left roadside.


Both roadsides wide and supporting scattered stands of Eucalypts and Acacias in addition to a number of other small tree and shrub species. The ground cover is significantly weedy in areas although Austral Bracken, Thatch Saw-sedge and Prickly Tea-tree are common throughout. Segments of the roadside abut private property and contain plantations.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Blanket-leaf Bedfordia arborescens Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Tall Sword-sedge Lepidosperma elatius Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Davesia sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Gahnia sp.


Both roadsides wide and supporting a low, dry Eucalypt woodland with a diverse understorey of shrubs and smaller tree species. The ground layer includes a number of heathy perennials.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada Silver Banksia Banksia marginata * Wiry Bossiaea Bossiaea cordigera Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Dillwynia sp. Common Heath Epacris impressa


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* Red-fruit Saw-sedge Gahnia sieberiana Pouched Coral-fern Gleichenia dicarpa Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale * Scented Paperbark Melaleuca squarrosa Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Wrinkled Daisy-bush Olearia rugosa Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana Poa sp. Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides Prickly Bush-pea Pultenaea forsythiana Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Hairy Rice-grass Tetrarrhena distichophylla Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea


Both roadsides wide and supporting a mostly dry Eucalypt woodland with Narrow-leaf Wattle common in the dense mid-storey.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua (incomplete) Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Blanket-leaf Bedfordia arborescens Golden-tip Goodia lotifolia Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Prickly Bush-pea Pultenaea forsythiana Senecio sp. Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus


Both roadsides wide and supporting a dense Eucalypt forest with various shrubs and smaller tree species in the understorey.

Species recorded: r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Mountain Ash Eucalyptus regnans Mountain Pepper Tasmannia lanceolata Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Soft Tree-fern Dicksonia antarctica Common Heath Epacris impressa Blanket-leaf Bedfordia arborescens * Tasman Flax-lily Dianella tasmanica Austral Mulberry Hedycarya angustifolia Tall Sword-sedge Lepidosperma elatius * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Pimelea sp. Senecio sp. Balm Mint-bush Prostanthera melissifolia * Golden Bush-pea Pultenaea gunnii Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Hairy Rice-grass Tetrarrhena distichophylla


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Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Survey Score: 27 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 27 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 6. 15.38 - 16.10km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Eucalypt woodland with a mid-storey dominated by Acacia species and Eucalypt saplings. The mid-storey also includes various shrubs scattered throughout. Austral Bracken, Thatch Saw-sedge and Forest Wire-grass are common in the ground cover although the weed content is high in areas.

Species recorded: Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis * Dwarf Silver Wattle Acacia nano-dealbata Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Blanket-leaf Bedfordia arborescens Cassinia sp. Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Juncus sp Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana Slender Tussock-grass Poa tenera Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides Prickly Bush-pea Pultenaea forsythiana Senecio sp. Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus Dusty Miller Spyridium parvifolium Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Soft Tussock-grass Poa morrisii Hyacinth Orchid Dipodium roseum

Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 19 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 7. 16.10 - 16.82km (both sides)

Both roadsides wide and with a dense canopy of mature Eucalypts and an understorey dominated by Blanket-leaf and Prickly Bush-pea. Grassy weeds form a strip of approximately 2m along the formed road edge.

Species recorded: Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Blanket-leaf Bedfordia arborescens * Dwarf Silver Wattle Acacia nano-dealbata Rough Coprosma Coprosma hirtella Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Bootlace Bush Pimelea axiflora ssp. axiflora


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Victorian Christmas-bush Prostanthera lasianthos Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera Prickly Bush-pea Pultenaea forsythiana Soft Tree-fern Dicksonia antarctica Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Fireweed Groundsel Senecio linearifolius Common Maidenhair Adiantum aethiopicum Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum


Both roadsides supporting a Eucalypt woodland as described in Section 6.

Species recorded: See Section 6.


Both roadsides with scattered remnant and planted trees and shrubs. The ground layer comprises mostly exotic grasses.

Species recorded: Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Lomandra sp.


0.00 22.020

Birregurra Rd


LOW

LOW0.66 6.07 10.53 11.88 15.38 16.10 16.82 20.69

LOWLOW

HIGHHIGH

HIGHHIGH

HIGHHIGH HIGH

HIGH HIGHHIGH HIGH

HIGH HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME DEVON ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.750km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 4.750km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered remnant Eucalypts, Sheoke and Acacia species but a degraded understorey of pasture grasses and weed species, including Gorse in parts.

Species recorded: (both sides) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata (right only) Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha (left only) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 4.750

Princes Hwy

Devon Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME DICKENS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 11.330km DATE SURVEYED 6.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.85km (both sides)

Left roadside with isolated stands of Golden Wattle over a mostly degraded understorey although a small number of ground species persist. The left roadside with a stand of Drooping Sheoke which have been heavily lopped as a maintenance measure for overhead powerlines. The understorey is degraded.

Species recorded: Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Calocephalus sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.


Left roadside supports scattered patches of Kangaroo Grass and Poa sp. The right roadside includes a good stand of mature and regenerating Swamp Gum.

Species recorded: (both sides) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

Tussock-grass Poa sp. (right only) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata

Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Calocephalus sp.

Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 1.47 - 2.03km (both sides)

Left roadside with scattered trees and a mostly exotic understorey. The right roadside supports some solitary stands of Acacia species and the understorey is similarly degraded.

Species recorded: Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii

Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Tussock-grass Poa sp.



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Both roadsides supporting a good stand of Drooping Sheoke but the ground cover is mostly dominated by weed species.

Species recorded: Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

Tussock-grass Poa sp. Pale Twig-sedge Baumea acuta Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.

Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM


Both roadsides with scattered trees but the understorey is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. The left roadside supports some mature Red Gums near the termination of the section.

Species recorded: (both sides) Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata

Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

Tussock-grass Poa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides

Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. (left only) Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 6. 4.55 - 5.30km (both sides)

This section includes the township of Freshwater Creek.


Left roadside with a good continuous stand of Swamp Gum over a degraded understorey. The right roadside supports scattered trees throughout and a stand of Drooping Sheoke at the termination of the section. The ground cover of the right roadside is also dominated by exotic vegetation.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Acaena sp. Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei

Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH


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Both roadsides with scattered trees and shrub species. Thickets of Prickly Acacia are also present but the ground cover is generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Lepidosperma sp. Acaena sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis

Survey Score: 8L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 8R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 9. 7.60 - 9.70km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a mixed species woodland although it is interrupted from 8.85 to 9.19 on the left roadside. The tree and shrub component shows reasonable structural complexity. The understorey is degraded and a number of invasive shrubs and grasses dominate.

Species recorded: Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata

Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans


Both roadsides supporting a continuous woodland dominated by Drooping Sheoke. The understorey is degraded with the exception of a small segment from 10.60 to 10.70 which includes a relatively intact remnant community.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-Grass Austrostipa sp.


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Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Acaena sp. Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Small St John's Wort Hypericum gramineum Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Forest Hound’s Tongue Austrocynoglossum latifolium Pimelia sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum


Both roadsides with sparse and scattered trees and thickets of Prickly Acacia. The understorey is mostly exotic vegetation.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Acaena sp.


0.00 5.30

Surfcoast Hwy

Dickens Road

0.85LOW

MED

11.33010.889.707.606.305.30

4.552.332.031.47

LOWMED

LOWLOW

MEDMED

LOWLOW

LOWLOW

HIGHLOW

MEDMED

HIGHHIGH

HIGHHIGH

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME DICKSONS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.100km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.100km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses and weed species although indigenous sedges and rushes are scattered along the length of the roadsides. A number of Manna Gums and Black Wattles are also present on both roadsides.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Juncus sp. Isolepis sp. Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.100

Barwon Tce

Dicksons Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME DOROQ ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.854 DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.17km (both sides)

Right roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside formed as a triangular reserve of approximately 0.5 ha. Phalaris has invaded the reserve in parts but it includes areas of relatively intact Kangaroo Grass in association with a suite of other remnant grassland species.

Species recorded: (left only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus * Lemon Beauty-heads Calochephalus citreus Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Common Woodruff Asperula conferta Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Acaena sp. Juncus sp. Epilobium sp. Gnaphalium sp. Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.17 - 1.854km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although isolated stands of Prickly Acacia (Acacia paradoxa) occur on the left roadside and a single Tree Violet (Hymenanthera dentata) occurs on the right roadside at 1.794km.


0.170.00 1.854MED #

Barwon Park-Shelford Rd

Doroq Road

LOW

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME DREWRY LANE TOTAL LENGTH 1.600km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.00km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered stands of Acacia sp and minor occurances of remnant grasses and lilies. Cherry Ballart is also present. Weed species are prominant and include pasture and introduced grasses, Gorse, Genista, Phalaris and Vinca.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 1.00 - 1.40km (both sides)

Both roadsides are weedy but support a relatively good grassy/heathy woodland complex. Some young Manna Gum regeneration is present.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp. Matted Bog-sedge Schoenus breviculmis Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Sundew Drosera sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Common Sedge Carex inversa

* Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Lomandra sp. Orchidaceae sp. Survey Score: 11 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 1.40 - 1.600km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although some scattered stands of Prickly Acacia and Black Wattles are present in addition to minor occurrances of remnant grasses.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Tussock-grass Poa sp. Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW


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0.00 1.600

Cape Otway Road

Drewry Lane

1.401.00LOW

LOW

LOW

LOW

MED #

MED #


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ROAD NAME DUFFIELD ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.035km DATE SURVEYED 18.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.035km (both sides)

Duffield Road represents the only rural road with an extensive cover of Yellow Gum. The woodland understorey is dominated by Phalaris although Acacia species are scattered throughput the mid-storey. Melaleucas have been planted on the right roadside at the termination of the section.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis * Yellow Gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp. pruinosa Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa

Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Dianella sp. Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Common Reed Phragmites australis Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Seaberry Saltbush Rhagodia candolleana Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor

Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.035

Grossmans Rd

Duffields Road

HIGH

MED #


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ROAD NAME DUNCE TRACK TOTAL LENGTH 2.351km DATE SURVEYED 17.1.1997 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.351km (both sides)

Both roadsides abutting bushland and supporting a dry, closed Eucalypt woodland with variable but generally heathy understorey community. Narrow-leafed Peppermint is the dominant Eucalypt while Austral Bracken or Acacia species, particularly Narrow-leaf Wattle, are common in the understorey, in addition to numerous heathy woodland species.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata

Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Sundew Drosera sp. Common Heath Epacris impressa Golden-tip Goodia lotifolia Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Austral Indigo Indigofera australis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Olearia sp. Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Plantago sp. Pimelia sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana Tussock-grass Poa sp.(x2) Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides * Golden Bush-pea Pultenaea gunnii Prickly Starwort Stellaria pungens Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp.


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0.00 2.351

Pennyroyal Valley Rd

Dunce Track

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME DUNLOE COURT TOTAL LENGTH 0.540km DATE SURVEYED 28.10.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.540km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered remnants but generally dominated by introduced species.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.540

Addiscott Rd

Dunloe Court

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME DWYERS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.180km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.180km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species including heavy infestations of Gorse, Broom and Boxthorn. A few remnant trees are present including Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa) on the left roadside at 0.92 and 1.04, and Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) on both roadsides.


0.00 1.180

Barrabool Rd

Dwyers Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME EAGLE POINT ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.090km DATE SURVEYED 23.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.28km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Eucalypt woodland with scattered Acacia species. The ground flora is mostly exotic although several remnant species are present.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Sundew Drosera sp. Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Running Postman Kennedia prostrata


Both roadsides with planted trees and shrubs with scattered Manna Gum and Black Wattle. The ground cover is mostly degraded.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Soft Tussock-grass Poa morrisii Tussock-grass Poa sp.


Both roadsides supporting a Eucalypt woodland of varying density. The understorey is dominated by Thatch Saw-sedge in parts.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Sundew Drosera sp. Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Tussock-grass Poa sp. Soft Tussock-grass Poa morrisii Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Weather-glass Hypoxis sp. Hydrocotyle sp. Kidney-weed Dichondra repens


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Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Orchidaceae sp. Water-ribbons Triglochin procerum Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans


0.00 1.090

Gundrys Rd

Eagle Point Road

LOWLOW

0.28 0.79MEDMED

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME ELKINGTON ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.723km DATE SURVEYED 7.10.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.16km (both sides)

Both roadsides slashed but pockets of shrubs, predominantly Acacia species and Prickly Tea-tree, and scattered Messmate . The heathy ground flora is diverse and very weed free.

Species recorded: Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Scrub Sheoke Allocasuarina paludosa Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Sundew Drosera sp. Common Heath Epacris impressa Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Blue Squill Chamaescilla corymbosa Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Schoenus sp. Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Pimelia sp. Short Purple-flag Patersonia fragilis * Rabbit Ears Thelymitra antennifera Twining Fringe-lily Thysanotus patersonii Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata * Blunt Everlasting Argentipallium obtusifolium


Both roadsides within a shallow depression and containing thickets of Prickly Tea-tree, Varnish Wattle and sedges.

Species recorded: Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum


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Both roadsides supporting a Messmate woodland of varying density and distribution. The distribution partially reflects modifications due to the installation of overhead powerlines. The understorey has been slashed in areas but the floristic diversity is high. A plantation exists on the right roadside between 1.33 and 1.47.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Coast Beard-heath Leucopogon parviflorus Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Sundew Drosera sp. Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Leafless Globe-pea Sphaerolobium vimineum Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Scrub Sheoke Allocasuarina paludosa Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Blue Squill Chamaescilla corymbosa Acaena sp. Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Hakea sp. Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora * Rabbit Ears Thelymitra antennifera Twining Fringe-lily Thysanotus patersonii


0.00 3.723

Great Ocean Rd

Elkington Road

HIGH

HIGH

1.16 1.23HIGH

HIGH MED #

MED #


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ROAD NAME ERSKINE FALLS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 11.391km DATE SURVEYED 27.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.47km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a mixed Eucalypt canopy cover and a mid-storey dominated by Acacia species and other scattered shrubs. The ground cover contains mostly exotic vegetation.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides


Both roadsides with a heavily wooded Eucalypt forest and a thick mid-storey in areas. The forest cover is not continuous on either roadside due to clearances for powerline installation and maintenance. Where this occurs, species of the forest mid-storey are generally present. The ground cover is very weedy in places.

Species recorded: Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Balm Mint-bush Prostanthera melissifolia Fireweed Groundsel Senecio linearifolius Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Prickly Bush-pea Pultenaea forsythiana Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea

Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 19 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH


Both roadsides generally supporting a non-contiguous, mixed Eucalypt forest interrupted by clearances for overhead powerlines and modifications on property frontages including slashing and plantings. Where the forest is intact, the mid-storey is variously dominated by Varnish Wattle, Narow-leaf Wattle, Tree Everlasting, Daisy-bushes and other shrub species. There are wetter areas such as gullies and road dips that support Soft tree-ferns.


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Weeds are prevalent in areas and include exotic grasses, Blackberry, Cotoneatser, Pittosporum and pea weed.

Species recorded: Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua (southern variant) Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera Blanket-leaf Bedfordia arborescens Austral Mulberry Hedycarya angustifolia * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Balm Mint-bush Prostanthera melissifolia * Tasman Flax-lily Dianella tasmanica Bootlace Bush Pimelea axiflora ssp. axiflora * Tall Rice-flower Pimelea ligustrina spp. ligustrina Soft Tree-fern Dicksonia antarctica Fireweed Groundsel Senecio linearifolius Dusty Miller Spyridium parvifolium * Red-fruit Saw-sedge Gahnia sieberiana Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Juncus sp Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum


0.00 11.487

Polwarth Rd

Erskine Falls Road

MED

MED

0.47HIGH HIGH

HIGHHIGH

4.09


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ROAD NAME ERSKINE FALLS ACCESS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.485km DATE SURVEYED 27.1.1997 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.485km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a wet Eucalypt forest and a dense understorey.

Species recorded: Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Bootlace Bush Pimelea axiflora ssp. axiflora * Tall Rice-flower Pimelea ligustrina spp. ligustrina Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Balm Mint-bush Prostanthera melissifolia Victorian Christmas-bush Prostanthera lasianthos Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Rough Coprosma Coprosma hirtella Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera Blanket-leaf Bedfordia arborescens Dusty Miller Spyridium parvifolium Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua (southern variant) Tree Lomatia Lomatia fraseri Soft Tree-fern Dicksonia antarctica Fireweed Groundsel Senecio linearifolius


0.00 1.485

Erskine Falls Rd

Erskine Falls Access Road

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME ERVINS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.043km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 3.043km (both sides)

Both roadsides degraded by exotic weed infestation, including extensive areas of Gorse, although scattered remnant shrub and ground cover species are recorded.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Juncus sp Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum


0.00 3.043

Princes Hwy

Ervins Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME FISHERS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 2.500km DATE SURVEYED 18.10.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.500km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting an extensive Drooping Sheoke dominated woodland. Although there is a large number of remnant ground cover species scattered throughout the length of the roadsides, the woodland is degraded due to heavy weed invasion, particularly Phalaris and dumping of refuse.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Acaena sp. Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata * Black Bristle-sedge Chorizandra enodis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Coast Flax-lily Dianella brevicaulis Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Geranium sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Oxalis sp. Curved Rice-flower Pimelea curviflora Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Tussock-grass Poa sp. Senecio sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Seaberry Saltbush Rhagodia candolleana Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp.


0.00 2.500

Horseshoe Bend Rd

Fishers Lane

HIGH

HIGH


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ROAD NAME FLAXBOURNES ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 6.795km DATE SURVEYED 17.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.20km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a heathy Messmate woodland mostly adjoining State Forest Reserve. The right roadside abuts private property from 0.82 onwards and the vegetation is generally less diverse than elsewhere within the section.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Eucalyptus sp. Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Allocasuarina sp. Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Common Heath Epacris impressa Blue Squill Chamaescilla corymbosa Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Hakea sp. Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Lepidosperma sp. Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Short Purple-flag Patersonia fragilis Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp.


Both roadsides with a mixed Eucalypt woodland with a scattered mid-storey and a variable understorey dominated in parts by Austral Bracken and Thatch Saw-sedge. The weed content is relatively high throughout and dominated by pasture grasses and a number of shrub species.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis (incomplete) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata

Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Centella Centella cordifolia Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum


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Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Hydrocotyle sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Creeping Mistletoe Muellerina eucalyptoides Tussock-grass Poa sp. Senecio sp. Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor


0.00 6.795

Forest Rd

Flaxbournes Road

1.20HIGHHIGH

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME FORD OUTLET TOTAL LENGTH 3.166km DATE SURVEYED 15.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.67km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a good continuous Eucalypt canopy cover with a sparse and mixed mid-storey. Austral Bracken dominates the ground cover which is relatively degraded in a number of areas due to weed infestation.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula


Both roadsides with segments supporting mature Eucalypt and Acacia species with a degraded understorey dominated by Blackberry, pasture grasses and exotic plants.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Acaena sp.


0.00 3.166


Ford Outlet

LOW1.67

HIGHHIGH LOW


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ROAD NAME FOREST ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 14.438km DATE SURVEYED 2.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 9.11km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally with a mixed Eucalypt tree cover with a variable midstorey of shrubs and small trees and a diverse ground cover of sedges, grasses, small shrubs and perennials. The vegetation, particularly that of the mid-storey, varies along the length of the section, reflecting successional stages following different fire histories. With the exception of the initial 2.5km where the left roadside abutts cleared agricultural land, the roadsides are adjoining State Forest reserve. Slashing of the vegetation for firebreak maintenance has occurred along part of both roadsides.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Brown Stringybark Eucalyptus baxteri Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Sweet Wattle Acacia suaveolens Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Scrub Sheoke Allocasuarina paludosa Common Heath Epacris impressa Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum * Dwarf Mat-rush Lomandra nana Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Hundreds and Thousands Stylidium inundatum Slender Trigger-plant Stylidium perpusillum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. * Red Beaks Pyrorchis nigricans Dusty Miller Spyridium parvifolium Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata * Leafless Bitter-pea Daviesia brevifolia * Long Purple-flag Patersonia occidentalis Short Purple-flag Patersonia fragilis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis * Rough Bush-pea Pultenaea scabra Sundew Drosera sp. Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Lepidosperma sp. Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla Wurmbea sp. Prickly Cryptandra Cryptandra tomentosa * Wiry Buttons Leptorhynchos tenuifolius Hakea sp.


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Both roadsides with a Peppermint dominated woodland with a mid-storey of Thatch Saw-sedge, Prickly Tea-tree and Acacia species. The weed content is low but there are Gorse- infested areas. Slashing of the understorey has occurred in places.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Survey Score: 14 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 10.34 - 10.47km (both sides)

Both roadsides elevated from the formed road and support an excellent dry, heathy woodland complex.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Common Heath Epacris impressa Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Common Hovea Hovea linearis Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Tussock-grass Poa sp. Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 16 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 4. 10.47 - 11.09km (both sides)

Both roadsides within a shallow depression and supporting a Swamp Gum woodland with thickets of Thatch Saw-sedge and Prickly Tea-tree in the understorey.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM


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SECTION 5. 11.09 - 12.78km (both sides) Both roadsides with a Eucalypt woodland variously dominated by Manna Gum and Swamp Gum. The ground cover has a relatively high weed content in areas, particularly on the right roadside, but a number of remnants are recorded.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 6: 12.78 - 13.42 (both sides)

Right roadside with an overhang of Cypress hedge and only a small and scattered number of remnants are recorded. The left roadside contains some small stands of Manna Gum and Acacia species. The weed content of both roadsides is relatively high.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 7: 13.42 - 14.438 (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered stands of Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) but mostly degraded due to high grassy weed content. A solitary Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa) occurs on the left roadside.


0.00 14.438

Anglesea Rd

Forest Road

MEDMED

10.34

HIGHHIGH

12.7810.479.11

MEDHIGH MED MEDHIGH

11.09 13.42

MEDMEDLOW

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME FULTONS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 4.695km DATE SURVEYED 26.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 4.695km (both sides)

Both roadsides with non-contiguous stands of Acacia species and Eucalypts above a weedy understorey, although Austral Bracken and Thatch Saw-sedge are common in areas.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Tussock-grass Poa sp. (x2) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Common Reed Phragmites australis Juncus sp . Senecio sp. Survey Score: 11L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 4.695

Deans Marsh Rd

Fultons Lane

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME GEORGES ROAD (east) TOTAL LENGTH 1.540km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.78km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Scattered stands of Acacia species and Tree Violet occur along the roadside section.

Species recorded: (both sides) Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa (right only) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii (left only) Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.78 - 1.04km (both sides)

This section supports several remnant species associated with native grassland and grassy woodlands although the understorey is comparatively degraded with weeds including Boxthorn, Gorse and Briar Rose.

Species recorded: (both sides) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Microlaena sp. Lomandra sp. (left only) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 1.04 - 1.40km (both sides)

Left roadside dominated by Pine needle litter and weed species. Right roadside generally degraded but with a small and thin strip of Thatch Saw-sedge (Gahnia radula).


Left roadside supports a relatively reduced but intact grassland community. The right roadside is narrow and dominated by pasture grasses.

Species recorded. (left only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (x2) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula * Coast Groundsel Senecio spathulatus Sundew Drosera sp. Lomandra sp.


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Oxalis sp. Juncus sp. Schoenus sp. Hypericeum sp. Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 5. 1.50 - 1.540km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses and weed species.


0.00 1.540

Merrawarp Rd

Georges Road (east)

0.78LOWLOW

MED #LOW

1.04MED

MED

1.40LOWLOW

1.50LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME GEORGES ROAD (west) TOTAL LENGTH 1.440km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.440km (both sides)



0.00 1.440

Haines Rd

Georges Rd (west)

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME GHAZEPORE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 8.288km DATE SURVEYED 15.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 2.07km (both sides)



Both roadsides supporting a good mature Red Gum woodland although the understorey is mostly degraded.


Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis

Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 13R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 2.24 - 3.80km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by exotic vegetation although several remnant species persist.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra


Both roadsides generally supporting a Drooping Sheoke dominated woodland with a reasonably intact ground cover of grassland species and regenerating tree species.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Dillwynia sp. Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Acaena sp. * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum


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15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 5. 4.23 - 5.87km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 6. 5.87 - 6.50km (both sides)

Left roadside with a number of remnant ground cover species regenerating after surface soil disturbance. The right roadside mostly dominated by exotic grasses.

Species recorded: (both sides) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Pimelia sp.

(left only) Thelymitra sp. Variable Sword-sedge Lepidosperma laterale Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Sundew Drosera sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp.


Both roadsides degraded due to high weed content.

Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 8. 7.33 - 7.47m (both sides)

Left roadside with a reasonable cover of Messmate and Prickly Acacia to a lesser extent. The understorey is mostly dominated by Thatch Saw-sedge. The right roadside is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: (left only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua

Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa


Left roadside with a number of remnant ground cover species regenerating after surface soil disturbance. The right roadside mostly dominated by exotic grasses.

Species recorded: (mostly left side) Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa

Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale


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Lepidosperma sp. Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Pimelia sp. Sundew Drosera sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta


Left roadside supporting a relatively high number of remnant species with a heathy association. The right roadside has a higher weed content than the left roadside although it also includes many of the species recorded below.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Sweet Wattle Acacia suaveolens Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Hibbertia sp. Tassel Rope-rush Hypolaena fastigiata Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Coast Flax-lily Dianella brevicaulis Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Pale Grass-lily Caesia parviflora (?) Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Sundew Drosera sp. Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale * Common Fringe-myrtle Calytrix tetragona


0.00

5.87

Mt Duneed Rd

Ghazepore Road

LOW

MED #

8.2888.007.476.50 7.334.23

4.233.802.242.07LOWLOW

MEDLOWLOW

LOW

HIGHMED

LOW

LOW

MED LOW

LOWLOW

HIGH

LOW MED #

LOW

ROAD NAME GHERANG ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 5.132km DATE SURVEYED 28.11.1996


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DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.77km (both sides)

Right roadside modified due to overhead powerline installation and supporting only ‘islands’ of juvenile Blackwood over pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside also has a weedy ground cover but does contain patches where native grasses persist. This roadside includes a solitary Yarra Gum at 1.507 while also containing a plantation of Melaleuca armillaris.

Species recorded: (both sides) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon (left only) R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 1.77 - 1.98km (both sides)

Left roadside includes a relatively dense stand of Blackwood and Prickly Tea-tree amongst a canopy of Yarra Gum. The weed content is low. The vegetation of the right roadside is similar to Section 1 due to the continuation of the powerline.

Species recorded: (both sides) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon (left only) R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Survey Score: 21 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 1.98 - 2.27km (both sides)

Left roadside degraded due to the presence of pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside contains a good distribution of Kangaroo grass and Thatch Saw-sedge in the ground cover while Black Wattle saplings and Prickly Tea-tree are well represented in the shrub layer.

Species recorded: (right only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 4. 2.27 - 3.04km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a canopy of Eucalypts, principally Manna Gum, and Black Wattle. The mid-storey variously comprises regenerating saplings and a mixed species shrub component. The weed content within the ground cover is relatively high but a number of remnant species are recorded. Powerlines are absent from both roadsides in this section.


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Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Survey Score: 21 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 21 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 5. 3.04 - 4.19km (both sides)

Right roadside abutting an undisturbed woodland reserve and supporting a Eucalypt woodland dominated variously by Manna Gum, Peppermint and Messmate with a mid-storey of predominantly Blackwood although other Acacia species are common throughout. Stands of Snow Gum are also present on the right roadside. The diverse ground layer is made up of both grassy woodland and heathy woodland species. The final 400m of the section is disturbed due to the installation of overhead powerlines and contains only a linear strip of Blackwood regeneration over a disturbed ground cover. The left roadside is not as species rich as the right roadside but a number of remnant species are present.

Species recorded: (Both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. (left only) * Golden Spray Viminaria juncea Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia (right only) * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Common Heath Epacris impressa Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Tussock-grass Poa sp. Long-hair Plume-grass Dichelachne crinata Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Spear-grass Austrostipa sp.


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Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Thelymitra sp. Microtis sp. Orchidaceae sp.(x2) Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Weather-glass Hypoxis sp. Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Smooth Parrot-pea Dillwynia glaberrima * Cluster Pommaderris Pomaderris racemosa Survey Score: 17 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 5. 4.19 - 5.132km (both sides)

Right roadside vegetation reduced to a thin strip along the fenceline although there are some remnants persisting, or regenerating from parental stock nearby. The left roadside supports a Messmate dominated woodland community with a more diverse ground cover of species found within the preceeding road section.

Species recorded: (both sides) Rush Fringe-lily Thysanotus juncifolius Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Tussock-grass Poa sp. Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon (left only) * Golden Spray Viminaria juncea Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata * Holly Lomatia Lomatia ilicifolia Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Survey Score: 18 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION


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0.00 5.132

Cape Otway Rd

Gherang Road

1.77 1.25HIGH HIGHHIGH

LOW

2.27 HIGH

MED

HIGH

LOW

3.04

LOW

LOW 4.19

HIGH HIGH


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ROAD NAME GIDDINGS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.580km DATE SURVEYED 2.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.24km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Manna Gum woodland with mostly a Thatch Saw-sedge and Austral Bracken understorey. The weed content is moderately high in areas.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Aceana sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Austral Cranesbill Geranium solanderi Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.24 - 0.38km (both sides)

Both roadsides within a saline affected area with Juncus sp. the dominant species.

Species recorded: Juncus sp . Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 0.38 - 1.580km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a non-contiguous Eucalypt cover of predominantly Manna Gum and a scattered mid-storey of varous smaller trees and shrubs. There are reasonable patches of woodland ground cover species in some areas but the grassy weeds, Gorse, non-indigenous naturaisations and established plantations are prevalent.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Variable Sword-sedge Lepidosperma laterale Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Juncus sp . Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum


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Matted Bog-sedge Schoenus breviculmis Tussock-grass Poa sp. Hibbertia sp Dillwynia sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Survey Score: 11 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.580

McPhees Rd

Giddings Road

0.24MEDMEDLOW

MED0.38

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ROAD NAME GNARWARRE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 8.380km DATE SURVEYED 23.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.29km (both sides)

Right roadside supports a combination of Black Wattle and Drooping Sheoke with a degraded understorey from 0.11 to 0.24km. Left roadside forms a triangular reserve approximately 0.5ha in area. The reserve contains mostly planted shrubs and trees with introduced grasses but a number of remnant grassland and heathy grassland species were recorded from a small area on the west side of the reserve.

Species recorded: (right only) Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii (left only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Sundew Drosera sp. Lomandra sp. (x2) Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.29 - 4.96km (both sides)

Remnant grassland and grassy woodland species were recorded along the length of both roadsides of this section. The distribution and composition of remnants is variable and often infested with weed species such as Gorse, Genista, Phalaris and non-indigenous species including Acacia longifolia and Melaleuca armilaris.

Species recorded: (both sides) Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Lightwood Acacia implexa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Lomandra sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta (left only) Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale (right only) Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 4.96 - 8.14km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting remnant patches of grassland species. The width of the remnants on the roadsides varies but sometimes restricted to a thin strip near the fenceline. The level of weed invasion is generally high and in many parts dominates


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completely. Reasonable segments of Kangaroo Grass-dominated communities occur at 5.40-6.18, 6.40-6.57 and 6.81-6.94 while Blackwoods are recorded between 7.78 and 7.83. Two Drooping Sheokes occur at 6.57 and 6.81.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. * Small-flower Mat-rush Lomandra micrantha Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Lomandra sp. Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 4. 8.14 - 8.38km (both sides)

Left roadside degraded although remnants of Common Tussock-grass and Milky Beauty-heads persist. Right roadside with a relatively narrow strip adjacent to the fenceline containing a diverse and poorly represented grassland community type. This community extends to with 50m of the end of the roadside section and includes the threatened Plains Rice-flower.

Species recorded. (both sides) Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus (right only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra * Lemon Beauty-heads Calochephalus citreus Tussock-grass Poa sp. Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum v Plains Rice-flower Pimelea spinescens Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Varied Raspwort Haloragis heterophylla * Small-flower Mat-rush Lomandra micrantha Juncus sp. Plantago sp. Acaena sp. Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.290.00 8.380LOW

Barrabool Rd

Gnarwarre Road

LOW MED #

4.96 8.14MEDMED HIGH

MED # LOW


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ROAD NAME GRAHAMS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 0.810km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.810km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting scattered stands Acacia species and a number of remnant ground cover species. The weed content is relatively high.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common Bog-sedge Schoenus apogon Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Juncus sp


0.00 0.810

Dans Rd

Grahams Lane

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME GRASSDALE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.832km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.09km (both sides)

Right roadside forming a triangular reserve with Hendy Main Road of appoximately 0.5 ha in area. It contains a number of remnant tree, shrub and ground layer species but is degraded by soil disturbances and weeds. The left roadside supports a dense mat of Austral Bracken and Thatch Saw-sedge.

Species recorded: (both sides) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula

Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum (right only) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis

Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Sundew Drosera sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp.


Both roadsides with several remnant species present but the weed content is relatively high.


Hibbertia sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula

Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Tussock-grass Poa sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp.


Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although a solitary Manna Gum is present at the termination of the road section. The right roadside supports a number of scattered remnant species.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis (right only) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Hibbertia sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula

Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM


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0.00 1.832

Hendy Main Rd

Grassdale Road

LOWLOW

0.21LOWMED

MED

0.09LOW


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ROAD NAME GRAYS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.325km DATE SURVEYED 2.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.89km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a mixed Eucalypt tree cover over a generally degraded understorey. There are a number of remnant ground cover and taller shrub species recorded but Phalaris has heavily infested many areas, and Gorse and planted tree and shrub species are present in areas.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Variable Sword-sedge Lepidosperma laterale Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Aceana sp. Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Smooth Parrot-pea Dillwynia glaberrima Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 1.89 - 3.04km (both sides)

Similar structural characteristics to the preceding vegetation community but with a large number of Snow Gums (Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora) scattered along the section length.


Both roadsides dominated by an open Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) woodland with a relatively degraded understorey of grassy weeds and Gorse.



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0.00 3.325

Forest Rd

Grays Road

MED1.89

HIGHMED

3.04

HIGHHIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME GROSSMANS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.940km DATE SURVEYED 18.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.66km (both sides)

Left roadside with occasional tree species but the understorey is mostly weedy. Right roadside with a Sheoke cover in parts and a reasonable ground cover in small areas.

Species recorded: (mostly right) Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata

Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Lepidosperma sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.

Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MED SECTION 2. 0.66 - 4.940km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally supporting a structually and floristically diverse heathy woodland although there are areas where tree cover is minimal or where lopping has occurred due to overhead powerlines. There are also modified segments that occur on property frontages. Where the woodland is intact the understorey consists of heath species but where recent disturbances have taken place the understorey tends to be dominated by Austral Bracken and Thatch Saw-sedge. Weed content is high in places with invasive shrubs and garden bulbs often prominant.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Lightwood Acacia implexa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Sweet Wattle Acacia suaveolens Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Acaena sp. Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Tall Sedge Carex appressa Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Dillwynia sp. Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula * Red-fruit Saw-sedge Gahnia sieberiana


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Scrambling Coral Fern Gleichenia microphylla Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Hibbertia sp. * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Juncus sp Leptospermum sp. (?) Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Leucopogon sp. Lepidosperma sp. Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Tussock-grass Poa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Scaevola sp. Kangaroo Apple Solanum aviculare Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Senecio sp. Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Tassel Rope-rush Hypolaena fastigiata * Common Fringe-myrtle Calytrix tetragona


0.00 4.940

Surfcoast Hwy

Grossmans Road

0.66LOW

MED

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME GUNDRYS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 6.598km DATE SURVEYED 7.10.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 3.29km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a mixed Eucalypt woodland with a mid-storey, where present, usually dominated by Varnish Wattle and Prickly Tea-tree. Austral Bracken and Thatch Saw-sedge are also prevalent in the understorey. The roadsides are weedy in some areas but the section contains a diverse remnant flora assemblage.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Juncus sp . Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Common Cassinia Cassinia aculeata Common Hovea Hovea linearis Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla * Cypress Daisy-bush Olearia teretifolia Lazula sp. Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Matted Bog-sedge Schoenus breviculmis Opercularia sp. Water Ribbons Triglochin procerum


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Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Slender Dodder-laurel Cassytha glabella * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Survey Score: 22 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 22 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 3.29 - 4.77km (both sides)

Left roadside mostly slashed but with five Snow Gums present initially and the remainder generally supporting a diverse heathy ground cover with some Eucalypt regeneration. Right roadside supporting a Eucalypt woodland dominated in areas by Manna Gum and Messmate with a mid-storey commonly including Varnish Wattle and Prickly Tea-tree. The ground cover includes many of the species recorded from the left roadside.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Twining Fringe-lily Thysanotus patersonii Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Thelymitra sp. Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Weather-glass Hypoxis sp. Trailing Goodenia Goodenia lanata Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Wurmbea sp. Scented Sundew Drosera whittakeri Sundew Drosera sp. Blue Squill Chamaescilla corymbosa Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula * Rabbit Ears Thelymitra antennifera Panther Orchid Diuris pardina Tall Greenhood Pterostylis longifolia Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Heath Epacris impressa * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Leafless Globe-pea Sphaerolobium vimineum Hairy Rice Grass Tetrarrhena distichophylla Opercularia sp.


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Soft Tussock-grass Poa morrisii * Small-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra micrantha Hydrocotyle sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 23 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 3. 4.77 - 4.99km (both sides)

Both roadsides slashed but with some regrowth of Eucalypt and Acacia species present, particularly on the right roadside.

Species recorded: similar to Section 2. Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 4. 4.99 - 6.598km (both sides)

Left roadside slashed but supporting a diverse heathy ground cover. Right roadside adjoining a State Forest reserve and containing an open Messmate heathy woodland with a mid-storey of Acacia species, Thatch Saw-sedge and Heath Tea-tree.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha

Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Sundew Drosera sp. Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia * Blunt Everlasting Argentipallium obtusifolium Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Thelymitra sp. Screw Fern Lindsaea linearis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Common Heath Epacris impressa * Rosy Baekea Baekea ramosissima spp. prostrata Cut-leaf Xanthosia Xanthosia dissecta * Dwarf Wedge-pea Gompholobium ecostatum Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Sundew Drosera sp. * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Blue Squill Chamaescilla corymbosa


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0.00 6.598

Anglesea Rd

Gundrys Road

3.29HIGHHIGH

4.54 4.99HIGHHIGH

HIGHHIGHHIGH

HIGH


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ROAD NAME GUYE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.833km DATE SURVEYED 28.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.58km (both sides)

Both roadsides mostly slashed but with areas supporting scattered remnant Eucalypts, shrubs and ground layer species. Weed content is moderate.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Sundew Drosera sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis * Golden Spray Viminaria juncea (left only) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans Long-hair Plume-grass Dichelachne crinata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha (right only) Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Survey Score: 11 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.58 - 0.833km (both sides)

Right roadside is lightly treed with a good ground cover of heathy woodland species. Left roadside slashed and mostly devoid of tree cover but weed content appears to be low. A number of tree stumps remain after installation of overhead powerlines although there are some Eucalypts standing near the end of the section.

Species recorded: (mostly right) Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Weather-glass Hypoxis sp. Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Common Fringe-lily Thysanotus tuberosus Trailing Goodenia Goodenia lanata Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Common Lagenifera Lagenifera stipitata Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Mantis Orchid Caladenia tentaculata Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis


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Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Common Fringe-lily Thysanotus tuberosus Tussock-grass Poa sp. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.833

Dangers Rd

Guye Road

MED

0.58MED #

MED #

MED


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ROAD NAME HAINES ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.320km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 3.320km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although solitary specimens of Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) and Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa) occur on the right and left roadside respectively.


0.00 3.320

Barrabool Rd

Haines Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME HARDINGS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.470km DATE SURVEYED 6.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.470km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by planted species, pasture grasses and weed species.


0.00 0.470

Anglesea Rd

Hardings Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME HEATHS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.660km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.660km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although scattered stands of Acacia are present on the right roadside.

Species recorded: (right only) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii

Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon


0.00 1.660

Barrabool Rd

Heaths Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME: HEIDI ROAD TOTAL LENGTH: 1.140 km DATE SURVEYED: 23.7.1996 DESCRIPTION: 0.00 - 1.140km (both sides)

Roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. A single Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) (0.84) is located on left roadside.


0.00 1.140

Hendy Main Rd

Heidi Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME HENDY MAIN ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 22.600km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 & 18.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 4.60km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and a range of shrubby weeds. Remnants are restricted to scattered Acacia species.


Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon


Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species including Phalaris, Flax-leaf Broom and Gorse. A small number of remnant grassland species are recorded for the basalt cutting (4.75 - 4.82) and in sparse occurrances elsewhere along the length of the section. This section also takes in the township of Moriac (7.72 - 9.10).

Species recorded: Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa

(cutting only) Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp.

Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens


Both roadsides generally supporting a non-contiguous, Manna Gum woodland. There are smaller disparate vegetation units between woodland segments such as Acacia stands and Juncus swards. The right roadside includes two triangular roadside reserves; one with Larcombes Road and the other with Grays Road. The mid-storey of the woodlands is sparse while the ground layer is mostly degraded. Snow Gums occur with Manna Gum towards the end of the section (approx. 13 between 15.671 and 15.900; and 1 at the commencement of the right triangular reserve at Grays Road).

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha


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Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Hibbertia sp. Juncus sp Lepidosperma sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Acaena sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Tussock-grass Poa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Reed Phragmites australis Senecio sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor (Larcombes Rd Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis triangular res.) Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa

Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Microtis sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta


Both roadsides supporting a continuous, mature Manna Gum woodland with moderate structural and floristic diversity in the understorey, although the weed content is high in parts.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata


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Dillwynia sp. Hibbertia sp. Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides


Both roadsides with sparse and scattered Eucalypts over a degraded ground cover.


Both roadsides supporting a Sheoke woodland with a generally degraded understorey although a number of remnant species are recorded. The woodland peters out towards the end of the section.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa

Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Lepidosperma sp.


0.00 22.600

Barrabool Rd

Hendy Main Road

4.60LOW

LOW

MED #MED #

10.76 18.40 20.67 21.80LOWLOW

HIGHHIGH

LOWLOW

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME HOLES LANE TOTAL LENGTH 1.210km DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.210km (both sides)


0.00 1.210

Buckley Park Rd

Holes Lane

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME HOLLOWAYS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.408km DATE SURVEYED 17.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.408km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by thickets of Prickly Tea-tree. A number of tall shrubs and small tree species are represented along the length of the road.

Species recorded: (both sides) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Common Heath Epacris impressa Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale (right only) Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. (left only) Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Goodenia sp. Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.408

Clarks Rd

Holloways Road

MED

MED


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ROAD NAME HONEYS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.240km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.240km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses and weed species. A stand of Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) occurs at 0.80 on both roadsides.


0.00 2.240

Barrabool Road

Honeys Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME HORSESHOE BEND ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 8.080km DATE SURVEYED 15.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.63km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although there are occassional tree species and remnant grasses present.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra


Both roadsides not delineated and encompassing a relatively expansive streamside reserve. The weed content is high with Gorse and Watsonia prevalent. However, the roadsides contain an open and mixed woodland in addition to minor grassland areas.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Agrostis sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Short-stem Sedge Carex breviculmis Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Running Postman Kennedia prostrata * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum * Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum


Both roadsides supporting an Acacia dominated woodland. The understorey is intact in areas, particularly moreso on the left roadside, although a number of invasive garden weed species such as Watsonia and Agapanthus, and other exotic shrubs including Coprosma repens and Melaleuca armillaris are prevalent.


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Species recorded: Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Lightwood Acacia implexa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Blue Grass-lily Caesia calliantha * Fan-flower Scaevola albida Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Centella Centella cordifolia Small St John's Wort Hypericum gramineum Hibbertia sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Climbing Lignum Meuhlenbeckia adpressa Curved Rice-flower Pimelea curviflora Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma





Left roadside with a number of heath species, mostly regenerating after recent surface soil disturbance. The weed content is relatively high. The right roadside is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: (left only) Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata

Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Hibbertia sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Pimelia sp. Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata * Common Fringe-myrtle Calytrix tetragona Dillwynia sp.

Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW


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Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses, plantation species and garden escapees.


0.00

Lower Duneed Rd

Horseshoe Bend Road

8.0805.475.032.52LOW

LOWHIGH LOW

LOWMED

HIGH LOW

1.63 5.26LOWLOW

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME HORTIPS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.120km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.120km (both sides)


0.00 1.120

Cape Otway Rd

Hortips Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME HUNTS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.900km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 3.00km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting scattered stands of various tree and shrub species. Remnant grasses are patchily represented in the understorey or as open ground cover. The left roadside includes an area of mature and regenerating Sweet Bursaria from 1.98 to 2.13.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis

Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis

Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Acaena sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei

(left only) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa


Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although a solitary Drooping Sheoke (Allocasuarina verticillata) occurs on the right roadside.


0.00 4.900

Blackgate Rd

Hunts Road

MEDMED

3.00LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME INGLEBY ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 11.070km DATE SURVEYED 23.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 3.98km (both sides)



Right roadside supporting a grassland within an extensive shallow swale extending into adjoining private property and dominated by Common Tussuck-grass. The left roadside is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: (right only) Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei

Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Pale Flax-lily Dianella longifolia Acaena sp. Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Geranium sp. * Wiry Buttons Leptorhynchos tenuifolius Blue Grass-lily Caesia calliantha Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Variable Sword-sedge Lepidosperma laterale Sundew Drosera sp.(x2) Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Varied Raspwort Haloragis heterophylla Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus

Survey Score: 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 11 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 4.30 - 11.070km (both sides)

Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species in addition to non-indigenous Sugar Gum stands. The right roadside with some minor stands of Black Wattle (Acacia melanoxylon).


0.00

Princes Hwy

Ingleby Road

11.0704.30LOW

LOWLOW MED #LOW

3.98LOW


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ROAD NAME JAROSITE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.390km DATE SURVEYED 28.10.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.26km (both sides)

Right roadsides cleared of tree canopy although the ground layer supports a diverse heathy community. The left roadside is dominated by a Messmate tree cover with Acacia species prominant in the midstorey. The heathy ground cover is relatively diverse and weed free.

Species recorded: (both sides) Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres (left only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Tall Wallaby-grass Danthonia procera Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Hidden Violet Viola cleistogamoides * Holly Lomatia Lomatia ilicifolia Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata (right only) Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Dianella sp. Leafless Globe-pea Sphaerolobium vimineum Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata * Woolly Xanthosia Xanthosia pilosa * Dwarf Wedge-pea Gompholobium ecostatum Pterostylis sp. * Fan-flower Scaevola albida Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.26 - 0.60km (both sides)

Right roadside generally treeless except for stands of Golden Wattle. Thickets of Prickly Tea-tree are present near the termination of the section, but elsewhere the ground cover is a continuation of Section 1. The left roadside also continues as a


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Messmate woodland but the understorey has been slashed and generally degraded due to weed infestation.

Species recorded: (right only) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha See also Section 1. (right) (left only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Sundew Drosera sp. Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 0.60 - 0.79km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a Messmate tree cover and thickets of Prickly Tea-tree, Golden Wattle and Thatch Saw-sedge in the understorey which tends to be more dense on the right roadside.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 4. 0.79 - 1.45km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a Messmate tree cover and a diverse heathy mid-storey and groundcover.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Slender Velvet-bush Lasiopetalum baueri (prostrate form) * Slender Velvet-bush Lasiopetalum baueri * Paper-flower Thomasia petalocalyx Spear-grass Austrostipa sp Common Heath Epacris impressa Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Red-fruit Saw-sedge Gahnia sieberiana Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Tussock-grass Poa sp. Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Screw Fern Lindsaea linearis Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Smooth Parrot-pea Dillwynia glaberrima Hydrocotyle sp. Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea


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Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae * Cypress Daisy-bush Olearia teretifolia Coast Pomaderris Pomaderris oraria Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 5. 1.45 - 2.390km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a Eucalypt heathy woodland although Messmate has been replaced in this section by Mountain Grey Gum, at least for a short distance, then Red Ironbark for the remainder of the roadside length. The mid-storey is dominated by Acacia species, particularly Varnish Wattle and Golden Wattle, with Prickly Acacia near the termination of the section.

Species recorded: Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa * Red Ironbark Eucalyptus tricarpa Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides Cassinia sp. Coast Flax-lily Dianella brevicaulis * Sea Box Alyxia buxifolia. Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Coast Sword-sedge Lepidosperma gladiatum Coast Pomaderris Pomaderris oraria Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 19 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.390

Anglesea Rd

Jarosite Road

MEDMED

1.45HIGHHIGH

0.26 0.60 0.79

MED #HIGH MED

MEDHIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME KAHLS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.620km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.620km (both sides)

Left roadside mainly degraded by invasive weeds, including Serrated Tussock, but patches of remnant species are recorded, two being locally significant. Right roadside generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: (both sides) Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata (left only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Dianella sp. * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens

Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.620

Volumns Rd

Kahls Road

MED #

LOW


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ROAD NAME KARAMARA ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.480km DATE SURVEYED 28.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.13km (both sides)

Left roadside width approximately 8 meters but contains only a small number of scattered Black Wattle plants, with some regeneration taking place. The ground cover is generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. The right roadside is degraded and contains only one Black Wattle.

Species recorded: (both sides) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii (left side only) Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.13 - 0.48km (both sides)

Both roadsides degraded although there is some regeneration of Blackwood on the left roadside and Black Wattle on the right.

Species recorded: (right only) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii (left only) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.480

Gherang Rd

Karamara Road

0.79 LOWLOW

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME KELLYS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 3.770km DATE SURVEYED 30.7.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 3.02km (both sides)

Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside with variable patches of Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra).


Left roadside substantially modified as a result of weed invasion although there are a number of remnant species persisting. Included in this section are approximately 6 plants of Plains Rice-flower (3.340). The right roadside is more degraded than the left roadside but contains scattered patches of Kangaroo Grass and Milky Beauty-heads.

Species recorded: (both sides) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus (left only) * Lemon Beauty-heads Calochephalus citreus Tussock-grass Poa sp. (morrisii ?) v Plains Rice-flower Pimelea spinescens Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Curved Rice-flower Pimelea curviflora Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Sundew Drosera sp. Asperula sp. Lomandra sp. Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 3.48 - 3.770km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species in association with sparse occurances of Kangaroo Grass and Milky Beauty-heads. A solitary Plains Rice-flower (Pimelea spinescens) (0.596) occurs on the right roadside.


0.00 3.770

Armytage Rd

Kellys Lane

LOWLOW

MED #LOW

LOWMED #

3.02 3.48


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ROAD NAME KELLYS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.670km DATE SURVEYED 4.11.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.670km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by grassy weed species and plantings although a number of remnant ground cover species persist.

Species recorded: Common Heath Epacris impressa Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum (left only) * Bundled Guinea-flower Hibbertia fasciculata var. prostrata Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.670

Gherang Rd

Kellys Road

LOW #

LOW


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ROAD NAME KILDEAN ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.130km DATE SURVEYED 23.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.33km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered Black Wattle. The ground cover is generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Tall Sedge Carex appressa


Both roadsides supporting a riparian community with mature Red Gums and Manna Gums. The distribution of tree species is more extensive on the right roadside. The understorey of both roadsides is generally degraded although some grassland species are common in small areas.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis

Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Tussock-grass Poa sp.


Left roadside with a sparse distribution of remnant grasses but degraded for the most part. The right roadside is completely infested by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: (left only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra

Tussock-grass Poa sp. Calocephalus sp.


0.00

Cape Otway Rd

Kildean Road

4.1302.28LOWLOW

LOWLOW

1.33

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME KNIGHTS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.550km DATE SURVEYED 17.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.550km (both sides)

Right roadside reduced to a thin, treeless strip along most of its length although some scattered Blackwoods are present at the commencement of the section. The remainder of the section is mostly weedy with minor occurrances of remnant grasses and Austral Bracken. The left roadside mostly abutting native forest and supporting a Eucalyypt woodland with a mixed and patchy mid-storey of Acacia and Prickly Tea-tree and a diverse ground cover.

Species recorded: (both sides) Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (left only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Common Fringe-lily Thysanotus tuberosus Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Centella Centella cordifolia Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis

Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Trailing Goodenia Goodenia lanata Thelymitra sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Microtis sp. Xanthosia sp. Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.550

Wormbete Station Rd

Knights Road

HIGHLOW


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ROAD NAME KURZMANS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.009km DATE SURVEYED 18.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.009km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally supporting a mixed-aged Messmate/Red Ironbark woodland with a floristically diverse understorey, although there are some extensive open areas that have been either slashed or cleared. The clearances correspond with overhead powerline installation. The left roadside contains a denser understorey than the right roadside with Thatch Saw-sedge and Austral Bracken dominant. The weeds include the invasive Bluebell Creeper (Sollya heterophylla) and Pittosporum sp. which have the capacity to significantly threaten the natural values of the roadsides.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua * Red Ironbark Eucalyptus tricarpa Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Dillwynia sp. Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides * White Everlasting Chrysocephalum baxteri Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Lepidosperma sp. Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Thelymitra sp. Microtis sp. * Cypress Daisy-bush Olearia teretifolia Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Pimelia sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides * Fan-flower Scaevola albida Senecio sp. Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (x3) Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Sundew Drosera sp. Slender Dodder-laurel Cassytha glabella


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0.00 1.009

Anglesea Rd

Kurzmans Road

HIGH

HIGH


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ROAD NAME LAKESIDE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.111km DATE SURVEYED 4.11.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.111km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered Eucalypts but the ground cover is generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Regenerating Eucalypts are present but the roadsides appear to be periodically slashed.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Juncus sp . Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.111

Thielmanns Rd

Lakeside Road

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME LARCOMBS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.594 km DATE SURVEYED 23.7.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.19km (both sides)

Right roadside abuts a triangular road reserve with the other borders being Hendy Main Road and private property (see Hendy Main Road for description). Pasture and weed species have invaded the roadsides. A single Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) is present on the left roadside.


Roadsides dominated by Manna Gum with an understory of Thatch Saw-sedge and Prickly Acacia. Weeds are prevalent on both roadsides, including Furze. Left roadside substantially modified with open drainage works. The non-indigenous Bracelet Honey-myrtle (Melaleuca armillaris) has been planted on right roadside.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly acacia Acacia paradoxa

Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Poa sp. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 0.41 - 1.18km (both sides)

Remnant vegetation on the left roadside is restricted to a thin line of predominantly Thatch Saw-sedge along the fenceline in addition to scattered Acacia species. Thatch Saw-sedge is also present under a plantation along right roadside.

Species recorded: Prickly acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis

Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 1.18 - 1.78km (both sides)

Roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Scattered Manna Gums and a solitary Blackwood are present on the right roadside.



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Left roadside is widened and forms a relatively large triangular reserve. An arm of the Thompson's Creek transects the road and reserve. Remnant vegetation consists of a range of grasses, herbs, shrubs and trees. Manna Gum forms a dominant tree cover within the riparian zone while very good expanses of Kangaroo Grass, in association with Prickly Moses, exist on the better drained soils east of the stream. Some areas of this section have been disturbed as a result of roadworks and as a consequence are covered with weed species. Weeds and non-indigenous species have also invaded other areas of the reserve and include Furze, Phalaris, Coast Tea-tree, Montpellier Broom, Watsonia, Melaleuca sp. and Senecio sp. Right roadside contains a number of remnant species including Kangaroo Grass and Thatch Saw-sedge but has a high proportion of weed species.

Species recorded: (mostly left side) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Tussock-grass Poa sp. Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Hibbertia sp. Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 6. 2.24 - 2.594km (both sides)

Roadsides dominated mostly by pasture grasses, weed species and non-indigenous plantation species. Sparse remnants of Kangaroo Grass, Manna Gum, Acacias, Prickly Tea-tree and Thatch Saw-sedge occur on both roadsides.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Prickly acacia Acacia paradoxa Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.190.00 2.590LOW

Hendy Main Road

Larcombs Road

LOW

MED

LOW

0.41 1.18LOW

LOW

HIGH

MED

1.78LOW

LOW

2.24LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME LAYARD ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.610km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.610km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a scattered stands of Eucalypts and Acacia species with a mostly degraded understorey of pasture grasses and weed species. Two relatively immature Snow Gums are present between 0.80 and 0.81. There is an expansive Common Tussock-grass dominated grassland on adjacent private property near the termination of the road. The roadside supports a small segment of the grassland.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata

* Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa

Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Tussock-grass Poa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Acaena sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus


0.00

Cape Otway Rd

Layard Road

2.610

MED #MED


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ROAD NAME LEIGHS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 2.140km DATE SURVEYED 30.7.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.80km (both sides)


Right roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside contains sparse occurances of Kangaroo grass and Black-anther Flax-lily.

Species recorded: (left only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.140LOW

Cressy Road

Leigh's Lane

LOW

0.80LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME LEWIS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.800km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.800km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses and weed species. Remnant vegetation is restricted to a small Red Gum on the right roadside and a small number of Black Wattles on the left roadside close to the access point to Lake Modewarre.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.800

Buckley Road Sth

Lewis Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME LIDGERWOODS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.532km DATE SURVEYED 4.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.532km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed. A solitary Swamp Gum occurs on the left roadside.


0.00 0.532

Cape Otway Rd

Lidgerwoods Road

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME LLOYDS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 1.235km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.235km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses and weed species although some plains grassland species are recorded. Shrubs and trees have also been planted along most of both roadsides.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Acaena sp.

* Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Lomandra sp. Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.235

Winch - Deans Marsh Rd

Lloyds Lane

LOW #

LOW #


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ROAD NAME LOUTITT BAY ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.868km DATE SURVEYED 6.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.51km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered remnant species although the proportion of pasture grasses and other weeds are high.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Lepidosperma sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Acaena sp.


Both roadsides supporting a mixed Eucalypt woodland with a floristically and structurally diverse heathy understorey.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Lightwood Acacia implexa Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Acaena sp. Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Dillwynia sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Hibbertia sp. * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus


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* Wiry Buttons Leptorhynchos tenuifolius Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Oxalis sp. Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Pimelia sp. Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis


Left roadside supporting a vegetation community as described in Section 2. The right roadside has been mostly cleared of trees and the surface soils disturbed, although some remnants persist along the fenceline and regeneration of remnants on the roadside is occurring.

Species recorded: (left side) See Section 2. Survey Score: 18 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 3.54 - 4.868km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a closed Manna Gum woodland with an diverse understorey, although the infestation of Gorse is high in a number of areas.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Acaena sp. Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Hibbertia sp. * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Senecio sp. Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Lepidosperma sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Juncus sp Tassel Rope-rush Hypolaena fastigiata


17 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00

Hendy Main Rd

Loutitt Bay Road

4.8683.542.00

HIGH

0.51LOWLOW HIGH

HIGH HIGH HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME LOWNDES ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.660km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.12km (both sides)


Both roadsides supporting an open Red Gum woodland with Black Wattle and Sheoke present. The understorey is degraded.


Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 0.21 - 0.660km (both sides)

Both roadsides degraded although a solitary Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) occurs on the left roadside.


0.00

Cape Otway Rd

Lowndes Road

0.6600.21LOWLOW

LOWLOW

0.12

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME MARSHMANS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.790 km DATE SURVEYED 23.7.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.13km (both sides)

Both roadsides with predominantly pasture grasses and weed species although isolated tussocks of Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) are present.


Both roadsides contain areas of relatively intact remnant vegetation. This includes a light tree cover with Blackwoods and two mature Swamp Gums in the upper-srtorey while the ground cover consists of Poa sp. and Kangaroo Grass in association with Common Wheat Grass, Mat Grass and Milky Beauty-heads.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Common Wheat-grass Elymus scaber Mat Grass Hemarthria uncinata Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus

Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Survey Score: 11 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 0.56 - 0.790km (both sides)

Kangaroo Grass and Common Tussock-grass present with Milky Beauty-heads and Bidgee-Widgee scattered throughout. Blackwoods occur sparsely in this section. Weed cover is more extensive in comparison to section 2.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.130.00 0.790LOW

Swabys Lane

Marshmans Road

LOW

0.56MEDMED

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME MARSHMANS OUTLET ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.755km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.755km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a grassland/grassy woodland community with only moderate weed invasion. Mature and regenerating Blackwoods are extensive on both roadsides.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Sundew Drosera sp. Varied Raspwort Haloragis heterophylla Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Smooth Parrot-pea Dillwynia glaberrima

Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Asperula sp. Schoenus sp. Acaena sp. Geranium sp. Carex sp. Lomandra sp. Survey Score: 14 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.755

Cape Otway Rd

Marshmans Outlet Rd

MED

MED


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ROAD NAME MATHISONS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.400km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.50km (both sides)

A small segment of the roadside section supports a stand of Black Sheoke over a weedy ground cover from 0.26 to 0.32km. The right roadside between 0.34 and 0.50km also contains Black Sheoke in association with Prickly Acacia and several remnant grassland and grassy woodland species.

Species recorded: (both sides) Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis (right only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Common Sedge Carex inversa Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Acaena sp. Lomandra sp. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.50 - 1.07km (both sides)

Both roadsides with an interrupted canopy cover of Drooping Sheoke along with a number of other remnant trees and shrubs. The ground cover includes several species commonly associated with the original grassland and grassy woodland communities of the area. Weed invasion on both roadsides is prevalent.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis

Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Lomandra sp. Acaena sp. Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 1.07 - 4.400km (both sides)

Right roadside generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although a remnant Drooping Sheoke and scattered stands of Acacia species occur along its length. Left roadside supports a Red Gum (4.27), Black Wattle and Drooping Sheoke


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in addition to scattered tussocks of Kangaroo Grass and Mat-Rush, particularly within the final 200m . Common Tussock-Grass also occurs in relatively dense patches along the left roadside at intevals (1.23-1.31 and 1.50-1.90).

Species recorded: (both sides) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata (left only) Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Lomandra sp. (right only) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 4.400

Cape Otway Rd

Mathisons Road

MED

MED

LOW

LOW

MED

MED

0.50 1.07


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ROAD NAME MAWSONS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 0.308km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.308km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses and weed species although scattered patches of Common Wheat Grass are present. Tree cover consists of Acacia species, Manna Gum and a relatively dense, regenerating stand of juvenile Red Gum along a greater part of the road. Exotic species including Sugar Gum, Cootamundra Wattle, Briar Rose and Pines are also present.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Common Wheat-grass Elymus scaber Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.308

Atkins Road

Mawsons Lane

MED

MED


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ROAD NAME Mc CALLUMS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 1.800km DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.15km (both sides)

Both roadsides incorporated in the margins of a semi-saline wetland. Remnant vegetation consists of grasses, sedges and herbs.

Species recorded: Shiny Bog-sedge Schoenus nitens V Barren Cane-grass Eragrostis infecunda Tussock-grass Poa sp. Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora * Chaffy Saw-sedge Gahnia filum Juncus sp. * Salt Pratia Pratia irrigua Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 1.15 - 1.800km (both sides)


0.00 1.800

Shelford Rd

Mc Callums Lane

LOW

LOW

HIGH

HIGH

1.15


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ROAD NAME Mc CANNS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.240km DATE SURVEYED 18.10.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.20km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although there are minor occurances of remnant trees, shrubs and ground cover species.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Tussock-grass Poa sp. Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata


Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species .


Both roadsides relatively degraded from weed invasions, particularly Gorse, but containing a variety of scattered remnant tree, shrub and ground cover species.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Curved Rice-flower Pimelea curviflora Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Sundew Drosera sp. Pale Twig-sedge Baumea acuta Geranium sp.


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Hypericeum sp. Schoenus sp. Lepidosperma sp. Acaena sp.


0.00 3.240

Surfcoast Hwy

McCanns Road

LOWLOW

1.20 1.64LOW #LOW #

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME Mc CONACHYS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 0.930km DATE SURVEYED 30.7.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.930km (both sides)

Both roadsides degraded with pasture grasses and weed species. Some minor occurances of Kangaroo Grass tussocks and Prickly Acacia were observed.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.930

Leigh's Lane

McConachys Lane

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME Mc CORMACKS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.220km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.220km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although a few scattered Black Wattles (Acacia mearnsii) are present. The left roadside supports a solitary Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa) at 0.60.


0.00 1.220

Reads Rd

McCormacks Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME Mc DONALDS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.775km DATE SURVEYED 23.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.30km (both sides)

Both roadsides containing a suite of remnant Plains grassland flora although weeds such as Onion Grass and Phalaris are prevalent. The left roadside includes Pale Swamp Everlasting which is considered to be of regional importance. The right roadside has evidence of recent damage from trotting horse and rig.

Species recorded: (both sides) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Tussock-grass Poa sp. Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus * Lemon Beauty-heads Calochephalus citreus Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Small St John's Wort Hypericum gramineum Varied Raspwort Haloragis heterophylla Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta

* Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Acaena sp. Lomandra sp. (x2) (left only) * Pale Swamp Everlasting Helichrysum aff. rutidolepis Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 1.30 - 1.775km (both sides)


0.00 1.775

Princes Hwy

McDonalds Road

MED #

MED #

1.30LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME Mc GILVRAYS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 3.965km DATE SURVEYED 4.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 3.965km (both sides)

Both roadsides with sparse and scattered stands of Acacia species. Some remnant grasses, sedges and herbs persist although weed species, particularly Phalaris and Briza sp., dominate the ground cover.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Pale Twig-sedge Baumea acuta Carex sp. Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.965

Brickmakers Rd

McGilvrays Lane

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME Mc INTYRES ROAD (Off Doroq Road) TOTAL LENGTH 5.620km DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.88km (both sides)


Right roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside vegetation associated with the margin of large wetland and contains a large cover of Tangled Lignum. Weed invasion by Phalaris is heavy on both roadsides.

Species recorded: (left only) Tangled Lignum Muehlenbeckia florulenta Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei

Australian Sweet-grass Glyciera australis Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 1.05 - 5.02km (both sides)

Right roadside mostly degraded by weed invasion although there are some scattered remnants of Poa sp. and Kangaroo grass at about 2.5 kms. Left roadside with several isolated plants of Tree Violet growing at irregualr intervals. Ground cover of left roadside generally comprising pasture grasses and weed species with minor occurrences of Kangaroo Grass and Poa sp.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp. (left only) Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 5.02 - 5.20km (both sides)

Right roadside generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside contains a stand of Golden Wattle (5.02 - 5.11) and 6-10 plants of Plains Rice-flower (5.14-5.15). Kangaroo Grass and Poa sp. are present on both roadsides but only in minor occurrences.

Species recorded. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp. (left only) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha v Plains Rice-flower Pimelea spinescens Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW


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Sparse and scattered tussocks of Kangaroo Grass and Poa sp. present on both roadsides with some indigenous herbs occurring on the left roadside.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp. (left only) Acaena sp. Geranium sp.


0.880.00 5.620LOW

Doroq Rd

Mc Intyres Road

LOW

MEDLOW

1.05LOWLOW

5.20HIGHLOW

5.02LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME Mc INTYRES ROAD (Off Anglesea Road) TOTAL LENGTH 0.400km DATE SURVEYED 6.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.400km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a small number of scattered trees and some patches of remnant grassland species. The grassy weed content is high.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha

Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus


0.00 0.400

Anglesea Rd

McIntyres Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME Mc MULLANS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.330km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.330km (both sides)


0.00 0.330

Merrawarp Rd

McMullans Road

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME Mc PHEES ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.335km DATE SURVEYED 2.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.37km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a scattered, mixed Eucalypt tree cover over a generally degraded understorey. There are a number of remnant ground cover species recorded but the roadsides are heavily infested in most areas.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.37 - 1.10km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Manna Gum woodland with a light mid-storey of small trees, shrubs and sedges.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Hibbertia sp Juncus sp . Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 1.10 - 1.335km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a lightly wooded tree cover of Acacia and Sheoke but a weed dominated ground layer.

Species recorded: Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Austral Cranesbill Geranium solanderi Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum


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0.00 1.335

Larcombs Rd

McPhees Road

LOW0.37

MEDLOW

1.10

MEDLOWLOW


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ROAD NAME MENZELS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.300km DATE SURVEYED 22.1.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.15km (both sides)

Left hand roadside forming a triangular reserve with Anglesea Road and supporting a open Manna Gum woodland with numerous remnant small shrubs and ground cover species. A number of weed species are present. The right roadside is predominantly cleared and slashed property frontage with a few remnant trees and shrubs present.

Species recorded: (left reserve) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis

Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii

Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Hairy Sheep’s Burr Acaena agnipila Sheep’s Burr Acaena echinata Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Grassy Bindweed Convolvulus remotus Sweet Hound’s Tongue Cynoglossum suaveolens * Hop Bitter-pea Davesia latifolia Kidney-weed Dichondra repens * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Smooth Parrot-pea Dillwynia glaberrima Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Grassland Cranesbill Geranium retrorsum Austral Cranesbill Geranium solanderi Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Running Postman Kennedia prostrata * Native Flax Linum marginale * Peach Heath Lissanthe strigosa Shady Wood-sorrel Oxalis exilis * Magenta Stork's-bill Pelargonium rodneyanum Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Cotton Fireweed Senecio quadridentatus Solenogyne Solenogyne sp. Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Tufted Bluebell Wahlenbergia communis Yellowish Bluebell Wahlenbergia luteola Tall Bluebell Wahlenbergia stricta Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata Bristly Wallaby-grass Danthonia setacea Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Long-hair Plume-grass Dichelachne crinata


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Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Fibrous Spear-grass Austrostipa semibarbata (?) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Twining Fringe-lily Thysanotus patersonii Common Early Nancy Wurmbea diocea Thelymitra sp.


Left roadside with scattered Eucalypts and Black Wattles interspersed with planted shrubs and trees. The right roadside supports a solitary Manna Gum with a slashed and exotic ground cover.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis (left only) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.300

Seifferts Road

Menzels Road

LOWLOW

HIGHLOW

0.15


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ROAD NAME MERRAWARP ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.340km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 3.340km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses and shrubby weed species. Scattered stands of Drooping Sheoke and Acacia species occur along the left roadside in addition to a single Red Gum and two Sweet Bursaria shrubs. The left roadside supports occassional stands of Prickly Acacia.

Species recorded: (both sides) Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa (right side) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.340

Barrabool Road

Merrawarp Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME MINTER DRIVE TOTAL LENGTH 2.375km DATE SURVEYED 23.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.85km (both sides)

Both roadsides slashed but some stands of Eucalypts and low shrub species present. The weed content is low and the remnant flora assemblage is diverse. The right roadside supports a lightly wooded segment near the termination of the section.

Species recorded: (both sides) Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Blunt Everlasting Argentipallium obtusifolium Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Blue Squill Chamaescilla corymbosa Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Schoenus sp. Common Heath Epacris impressa Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Leafless Globe-pea Sphaerolobium vimineum Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Running Postman Kennedia prostrata (right only) Scrub Sheoke Allocasuarina paludosa Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Western Furze Hakea Hakea repullulans Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 0.85 - 0.93km (both sides)

Both roadsides mostly within a minor drainage line. The left roadside contains Slender Velvet-bush which is considered of local significance.

Species recorded: (both sides) Tassel Rope-rush Hypolaena fastigiata Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia

Matted Bog-sedge Schoenus breviculmis (left only) * Slender Velvet-bush Lasiopetalum baueri


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Left roadside slashed but containing pockets of Messmate woodland and scattered Varnish Wattle in addition to a number of small shrubs and ground cover species. Right roadside supporting a more intact Messmate woodland with a heathy understorey.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua

Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Common Hovea Hovea linearis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula * Dwarf Mat-rush Lomandra nana Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Sundew Drosera sp. * Leafless Bitter-pea Daviesia brevifolia Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Dwarf Wedge-pea Gompholobium ecostatum * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus * Rabbit Ears Thelymitra antennifera Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora Survey Score: 17 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 21 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 4. 1.24 - 1.50km (both sides)

Both roadsides with disturbances including slashing, scraping and overfilling on verges. The roadsides are lightly treed and the ground layer is mostly a mix of Austral Bracken and Thatch Saw-sedge.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Weather-glass Hypoxis sp. Dillwynia sp.

Hairy Rice-grass Tetrarrhena distichophylla Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 5. 1.50 - 2.375km (both sides)

Right roadside mostly slashed but containing some pockets of Messmate with a Prickly Tea-tree mid-storey. The left roadside is more heavily woded than the right roadside and includes a number of heathy shrubs and ground layer species.


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Species recorded: (both sides) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale (mostly left) Silky Tea-tree Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Common Heath Epacris impressa Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.375

Anglesea Rd

Minter Drive

0.93MEDMED

1.24HIGHMEDHIGH

MED #0.85 1.50

MED #MED #

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME MINYA LANE TOTAL LENGTH 0.822km DATE SURVEYED 18.10.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.822km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting stands of Acacia species, particularly Golden Wattle. The understorey is mostly weedy but a number of remnant species are recorded.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa

Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Acaena sp. (x2) Blue Grass-lily Caesia calliantha Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Coast Flax-lily Dianella brevicaulis Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Mat-rush Lomandra sp. * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum Coast Beard-heath Leucopogon parviflorus Pimelia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Seaberry Saltbush Rhagodia candolleana


0.00 0.822

Blackgate Rd

Minya Lane

MED #

MED #


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ROAD NAME MIRNEE SCHOOL ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.380km DATE SURVEYED 30.7.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 2.58km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by weed species, particularly Phalaris. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 2.58 - 3.13km (both sides)

Both roadsides heavily infested with Phalaris but with a number of remnant grassland species persisting.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Windmill Grass Chloris sp. Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 3.13 - 3.380km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by weed species, particularly Phalaris.


0.00 3.380LOW

Cressy Rd

Mirnee School Road

LOW

LOW

LOW

LOW

LOW

2.58 3.13


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ROAD NAME MONAHANS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.900km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.900km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although there are scattered patches of remnant grasses and isolated tree species.

Species recored: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Soft Tussock-grass Poa morrisii (?) Pithy Sword-sedge Lepidosperma longitudinale Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta


0.00 2.900

Barrabool Rd

Monahans Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME MOORES ROAD (east) TOTAL LENGTH 0.520km DATE SURVEYED 18.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.520km (both sides)

Left roadside with open and scattered stands of Black Wattle with a ground cover in areas consisting of a number of grassland species. Right roadside is more heavily infested with weedy species but does support some species present on the left roadside. A very good stand of Sweet Bursaria occurrs at the termination of the road and it is not known whether the stand is on road easement or on private property.

Species recorded: (mostly left side) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei

Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca * Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa


0.00

Anglesea Rd

Moores Road (east)

0.520MED #LOW


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ROAD NAME MOORES ROAD (west) TOTAL LENGTH 0.787km DATE SURVEYED 18.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.787km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by plantation and garden species in addition to pasture grasses and weed species. There is a single Black Wattle on the right roadside and scattered Austral Bracken on both roadsides.


0.00

Anglesea Rd

Moores Road (west)

0.787LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME MOUNT DUNEED ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 16.560km DATE SURVEYED 15.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.09km (both sides)

Left roadside forming a triangular reserve with Cape Otway Road. This reserve supports an relatively highly intact and floristically diverse Themeda dominated grassland. Unfortunately the area is small and potentially be lost unless appropriately managed. The right roadside is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although there are patches of Kangaroo Grass and Prickly Acacia.

Species recorded: (left only) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis

Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha

Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Hairy Sheep’s Burr Acaena agnipila Sheep’s Burr Acaena echinata Common Woodruff Asperula conferta Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata * Yellow Bulbine-lily Bulbine bulbosa Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Blue Grass-lily Caesia calliantha Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Grassland Cranesbill Geranium retrorsum Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Small St John's Wort Hypericum gramineum Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Lepidosperma sp. Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca * Magenta Stork's-bill Pelargonium rodneyanum Curved Rice-flower Pimelea curviflora Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common Bog-sedge Schoenus apogon Thelymitra sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Early Nancy Wurmbea diocea

Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW


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SECTION 2. 0.09 - 0.96km (both sides) Left roadside with scattered stands of trees, particularly Drooping Sheoke, and large shrub species. The understorey is weedy but does contain a number of remnant ground flora species. Right roadside with minor occurrance of trees which have been lopped due to overhead powerlines. The ground cover is mostly dominated by pasture grasses and weed species .

Species recorded: (mostly left side) Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata

Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis

Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Acaena sp. (x2) Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula * Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Variable Sword-sedge Lepidosperma laterale Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Pimelia sp.


Both roadsides dominated by exotic vegetation.


Left roadside with stands of Drooping Sheoke and other tree and shrub species. The ground cover in areas is low in weed content. The right roadside also supports Drooping Sheoke but the understorey is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Acaena sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta

Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM



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Both roadsides supporting a continuous stand of Drooping Sheoke although the left roadside is open for the initial 300m. A number of other tree and shrub species are present and the ground cover includes some remnant grasses and perennial herbs.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta


Both roadsides degraded due to high weed content although there are some scattered trees and shrubs recorded.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha


Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although stands of Drooping Sheoke are present on both roadsides. The Sheoke stand occurring on the left roadside is more intact and extensive.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta


Both roadsides generally degraded due to high weed content although there are two good stands of Drooping Sheoke on either roadside, between 10.00 and 11.2 on the left and between 8.43 and 8.49 on the right.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha


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Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Eucalyptus sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.


Both roadsides supporting a good stand of mixed aged Red Gum but with a mostly degraded understorey.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata

Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Juncus sp Mat-rush Lomandra sp.


Left roadside with sparse and scattered saplings and degraded ground cover except between 16.26 and 16.56 which supports a good stand of Drooping Sheoke (Allocasuarina verticillata). The right roadside is of low conservation value but supports an isolated Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa).


0.00 3.22

Cape Otway Rd

Mount Duneed Road

0.09HIGH

LOW

16.56015.5213.896.645.353.22

1.741.491.160.96

MED #LOW

LOWLOW

MEDLOW

LOWLOW

MEDMED

LOWLOW

MEDLOW

MEDMED

MEDMED

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ROAD NAME MOUNT POLLOCK ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 9.809km DATE SURVEYED 23.8.1996 (Gnarwarre-Princes Hwy) 6.9.1996 (Princes Hwy-Buckley School Rd) DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 6.38km (both sides)

Both roadsides with remnant stands of Acacia species and minor occurrances of Red Gum, Sweet Bursaria and Drooping Sheoke. Active regeneration of all these species was evident at the time of survey. The understorey is mostly degraded but contains some areas where grassland species persist.

Species recorded: (both sides) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Lightwood Acacia implexa Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (x2) Geranium sp. (left side only) Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Survey Score: 11 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 6.38 - 6.76km (both sides)

Right roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside with some remnant grassland species and Manna Gum regeneration.

Species recorded: (left only) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Tussock-grass Poa sp. (x2) Acaena sp.

Common Woodruff Asperula conferta Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 6.76 - 7.27km (both sides)

Both sides supporting a Red Gum dominated woodland over a mostly degraded understorey. Left roadside also contains a shrub of Tree Violet.

Species recorded: (both sides) Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Lomandra sp. Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra (left only) Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata


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Both roadsides with scattered Acacia species over a generally weed dominated understorey although Kangaroo Grass and Poa sp are distributed sparsely in some areas.

Species recorded: (both sides) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum (left only) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis (right only) Kangaroo Apple Solanum aviculare Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 9.809

Gnarwarre Rd

Mount Pollock Road

MED

MED

6.38 7.27LOWLOW

MEDMED

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ROAD NAME MOUNT SABINE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 8.880km DATE SURVEYED 28.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.60km (both sides)

Both roadsides wide and supporting a dense, moist Eucalypt forest with a diverse understorey of shrubs, ferns and small bushes.

Species recorded: Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Soft Tree-fern Dicksonia antarctica Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Golden-tip Goodia lotifolia Blanket-leaf Bedfordia arborescens Austral Mulberry Hedycarya angustifolia Tall Sword-sedge Lepidosperma elatius Lobelia sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Bootlace Bush Pimelea axiflora ssp. axiflora Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Prickly Bush-pea Pultenaea forsythiana Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Fireweed Groundsel Senecio linearifolius Dusty Miller Spyridium parvifolium Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Bluebell Wahlenbergia sp. Mother Shield-fern Polystichum proliferum


Left roadside cleared of remnant vegetation. A Cypress plantation is present and the ground storey comprises exotic grasses. Right roadside with some scattered Eucalypts but the weed content is high.


Both roadsides supporting a non-contiguous Eucalypt forest similar in composition to that described in Section 1. Overhead powerlines cross over at a number of locations


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from one roadside to another with the vegetation modified or cleared as part of line installation and maintenance. Planted Cypress are also present.

Species recorded: See Section 1. (additional) Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata * Tasman Flax-lily Dianella tasmanica Balm Mint-bush Prostanthera melissifolia Lomandra sp. Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae


Both roadsides with a Eucalypt forest similar in composition to that described in Section 1. However, the large, mature Eucalypt specimens are absent and the weed content is higher, particularly on the left roadside.

Species recorded: See Section 1 and 3. Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 21 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 5. 8.27 - 8.88km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a mature Eucalypt forest similar in composition as that described in Section 1. The left roadside includes a large excavated segment at 8.54 where the vegetation has been destroyed.

Species recorded: See Section 1. (additional) * Yellow Rice-flower Pimelia flava spp. flava Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 21 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 8.880

Lorne-Deans Marsh Rd

Mount Sabine Road

1.60 7.32LOWLOW

2.28 8.27HIGHHIGH HIGH

HIGH HIGHHIGH

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ROAD NAME MURRENGURK ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.772km DATE SURVEYED 23.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.772km (both sides)

Both roadsides degraded due to weed invasion, including Pinus radiata, Pittosporum sp. and Phalaris, although Black Wattles and Spear Grass persist in some areas.

Species recorded: Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.772

Princes Highway

Murrengurk Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME NOBLES ROAD (primary) TOTAL LENGTH 6.068km DATE SURVEYED 11.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 2.19km (both sides)

Both roadsides with sparse and scattered individual or clumped tree species, including Yarra Gum. A single specimen of Bursaria occurs at 0.648 on the right roadside. Prickly Acacia forms a mid-stratum in some areas. The ground cover is generally degraded by weeds although a number of remnant species persist.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Survey Score: 18 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 16 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 2.19 - 3.27km (both sides)

Both roadsides include a tree cover that is relatively dense in parts. The tree structure varies from young regeneration to mature individuals while the general vegetation structure shows some complexity in form and species diversity. The ground cover consists of mostly weed species. A small stand of Yellow Gum occurs at 2.42 but it is uncertain whether these represent a remnant population or have regenerated from mature stock within the adjoining farmland that may have been planted. Remnant Snow Gums occur in scattered stands on both roadsides from 2.54 to 2.87.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Yellow Gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp. pruinosa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Apple-berry Billardiera sp. Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale


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Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Survey Score: 23 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 23 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 3. 3.27 - 3.42km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a mature woodland comprising Eucalypts, predominantly Messmate, with Black Sheoke and Acacia species. The ground cover is a relatively intact grassy/healthland complex.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Pultanea sp. Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Forest Hound’s Tongue Austrocynoglossum latifolium Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 4. 3.42 - 4.59km (both sides)

This section includes vegetation types showing some disconformity but considered here as a single unit. Some areas are dominated by low shrubs and bushes with a grassy/heathy understorey while the more poorly drained sites are commonly dominated by dense thickets of tea-tree commonly in association with Acacia species. Weed infestation is generally low. The tree cover is variable from very sparse to dense in areas.


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Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Common Heath Epacris impressa Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Thelymitra sp. Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 5. 4.59 - 6.068km (both sides)

Both roadsides vary in width and exhibit either some mechanical surface disturbance or reduction in width due to road maintenance. The soils are generally poor and regrowth of mostly heathy species is progressing without the competition of weed species. The roadsides support a mostly open heathland complex but in some areas tree cover is moderately dense and often include a Tea-tree and Thatch Saw-sedge cover beneath.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata * Shining Peppermint Eucalyptus willisii ssp. falciformis Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Sweet Wattle Acacia suaveolens Common Heath Epacris impressa Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides * Golden Spray Viminaria juncea Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis * Woolly Rice-flower Pimelia octophylla Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Dwarf Wedge-pea Gompholobium ecostatum Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra


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Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Tussock-grass Poa sp. Sundew Drosera sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Survey Score: 18 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 18 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 6.068

Larcombs Rd

Nobles Road (primary)

2.19 3.27HIGHHIGH

3.42 4.59HIGH

HIGHHIGHHIGH

HIGHHIGH

MED

MED


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ROAD NAME NOBLES ROAD (secondary) TOTAL LENGTH 0.875km DATE SURVEYED 11.11.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.875km (both sides)

Left roadside with a heathy groundcover and occasional Eucalypts. The right roadside also with a heathy groundcover but is wider than the left and with a generally denser tree cover. Disturbance from road construction or maintenance has produced soil mounds on the right roadside reserve.

Species recorded: Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis

* Shining Peppermint Eucalyptus willisii ssp. falciformis Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. (x2) Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Common Heath Epacris impressa Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis * Holly Lomatia Lomatia ilicifolia Spear-grass Austrostipa sp.(x2) Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata * Dwarf Wedge-pea Gompholobium ecostatum Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Tussock-grass Poa sp.(x3) Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Western Furze Hakea Hakea repullulans Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.(x3) * Golden Spray Viminaria juncea Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Sundew Drosera sp. Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Forest Hound’s Tongue Austrocynoglossum latifolium Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula

Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 24 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH


0.00 0.875

Nobles Rd (primary)

Nobles Road (secondary)

MED

HIGH


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ROAD NAME NOBLES ROAD (off Pollocksford Bridge) TOTAL LENGTH 1.910km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.21km (both sides)

Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside forming a triangular reserve of approximately 0.2ha with Pollocksford Road bordering one side. The vegetation consists of a relatively diverse Themeda grassland. Basalt rocks are exposed at the surface and provide substrate for a variety of non-vascular flora in addition to habitat value.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (x2) Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Stiped Wallaby-grass Danthonia racemosa Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Common Woodruff Asperula conferta Common Sedge Carex inversa Short-stem Sedge Carex breviculmis Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Cotton Fireweed Senecio quadridentatus Slender Dock Rumex brownii Epilobium sp. Acaena sp. Geranium sp. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 0.21 - 1.91km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered and generally sparse stands of Black Wattle, Drooping Sheoke and Red Gum over a mostly exotic ground cover. A number of grassland species persist within a narrow strip on the right roadside between 1.78 and 1.84.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis (right only) Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Windmill Grass Chloris truncata * Small-flower Mat-rush Lomandra micrantha Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.910

Pollocksford Bridge Rd

Nobles Road

LOWHIGH

0.21LOW

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ROAD NAME NOELS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.712km DATE SURVEYED 4.11.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.712km (both sides)

The vegetation of both roadsides has been generally modified due to the installation of overhead powerlines, although some stands of trees remain. The ground cover has also been slashed in parts. However, the weed content is very low and the roadsides support a relatively diverse ground cover of heathy woodland species.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Orchidaceae sp. Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Tussock-grass Poa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Sundew Drosera sp. Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Centella Centella cordifolia Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Goodenia sp. Survey Score: 9L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.712

Prices Rd

Noels Road

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME NORTONS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 8.292km DATE SURVEYED 23.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.15km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a light open Eucalypt cover in areas with a good ground layer of remnant species, particularly below the tree canopy.

Species recorded: Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Sundew Drosera sp. Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Thelymitra sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Pimelia sp. Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.15 - 0.52km (both sides)

Both roadsides with plantation species and a degraded, weedy ground cover.


Left roadside supporting a heathy woodland dominated variously by Scentbark and Messmate. The right roadside has been mostly cleared of tree species and the vegetation remaining, while of low weed content, is restricted to a shrub layer above a relatively intact heathy ground cover.

Species recorded: (both sides) Common Heath Epacris impressa Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna * Holly Lomatia Lomatia ilicifolia Trailing Goodenia Goodenia lanata Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia


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Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Xanthosia sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Sundew Drosera sp. Dichelachne sp. Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Apple-berry Billardiera sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum (left only) Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata (right only) Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Western Furze Hakea Hakea repullulans Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Smooth Parrot-pea Dillwynia glaberrima Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 4. 2.04 - 8.292km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a closed Eucalypt woodland although interupted in areas both naturally and artificially (e.g. plantation in private property frontage). The mid-storey is variable in distribution but tends to be dominated by Acacia species and Prickly Tea-tree. The ground cover is also variable but Phalaris dominates many areas. The incidence of Mistletoe parasitism on the Eucalypts is relatively high.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae


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Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Austral Cranesbill Geranium solanderi Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Apple-berry Billardiera sp. Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 8.292

Forest Rd

Nortons Road

0.15HIGH

HIGH

MED

MED

0.52HIGH

HIGH

2.04

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME: ONDIT ROAD TOTAL LENGTH: 7.250 km DATE SURVEYED: 30.7.1996 DESCRIPTION: SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.62km (both sides)

Pasture grasses and weed species dominate both roadsides. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.62 - 1.07km (both sides)

Right roadside degraded. Remnants of Golden Wattle, Kangaroo Grass and Black-anther Flax-lily persist on the left roadside despite heavy infestation by Phalaris. Active regeneration of Golden Wattle is evident.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra (left only) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 1.07 - 4.13km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by weed species although sparse occurrances of some indigenous grass and herbaceous species were recorded. These occurances were more pronounced on the left roadside.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra * Lemon Beauty-heads Calochephalus citreus Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Tussock-grass Poa sp. Geranium sp. Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 4.13 - 4.20 (both sides)

Both roadsides slightly elevated and characterised by basalt outcropping. The vegetation community consists of a small, open grassy shrubland. Several species of remnant vegetation are present and although weed species are present, they are not as prevalent in comparison with other sections of the road.

Species recorded: Prickly acacia Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp.

* Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Geranium sp. Survey Score: 11 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM


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SECTION 5. 4.20 - 7.250 (both sides)

Both roadsides with a high cover of pasture grasses and weed species. Minor occurances of Kangaroo Grass and Poa sp. were recorded, present as single tussocks or in small, isolated patches. The presence of Black-anther Flax-lily was variable but generally sparse relative to the section length.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Tussock-grass Poa sp. Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.620.00 7.250LOW

Princes Highway

Ondit Road

LOWLOWLOW

1.07 4.13LOWLOW

LOWLOW

MED #

MED #

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ROAD NAME PARKERS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 5.458km DATE SURVEYED 17.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.63km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered stands of Eucalypts and Acacica species. The stands are relatively extensive in areas and also support regenerating stock. The ground cover is mostly weedy.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum


Both roadsides supporting a closed, mature Eucalypt woodland with a mid-storey generally dominated by Acacia species but with numerous other scattered shrubs and small tree species. The roadsides are weedy in areas but a number of remnant ground cover species are found under the tree and shrub layer.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Hop Bitter-pea Davesia latifolia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. * Tasman Flax-lily Dianella tasmanica Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Tussock-grass Poa sp. Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Tussock-grass Poa sp. Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp.


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Left roadside cleared and dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside supporting a stand of young Blue Gum with scattered Narrow-leafed Peppermint and Blackwoods at the commencement of the section. The remainder of the roadside is cleared and weed dominated.

Species recorded: (incomplete) Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus

Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon


Both roadsides supporting small stands of young Eucalypt species and Blackwood. The understorey is dominated by a dense mat of Forest Wire-grass.

Species recorded: Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus

Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Sundew Drosera sp.


Right roadside cleared and dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. The left roadside has scattered tree plantings with a degraded ground cover.


0.00 5.458

Bambra Cemetery Rd (west)

Parkers Road

LOWLOW1.63 3.25

HIGHHIGH

MEDMED

3.88 5.24HIGHHIGH MED LOW


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ROAD NAME PEELS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 9.012km DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.092km (both sides)

Right roadside forming a triangular reserve approximately 0.2ha in area. The reserve is relatively degraded by weed invasion and disturbances from stockpiling of roading materials although a number of remnant grassland species persist. Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: (right only) Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens * Small-flower Mat-rush Lomandra micrantha Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Windmill Grass Chloris truncata Acaena sp. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.092 - 9.012km (both sides)

Both roadsides with isolated and scattered patches of remnant grasses, lilies and mat-rushes. Blackwoods are also present on both roadsides. Left roadside includes a single Tree Violet (0.25). Right roadside supports some young redgums (5.26-5.42). The weed content is high, including the presence of Serrated tussock on both roadsides.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon (left only) Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Tussock-grass Poa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Pale Flax-lily Dianella longifolia (right only) Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca * Small-flower Mat-rush Lomandra micrantha Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.0920.00 9.012LOW

Inverleigh-Winchelsea Rd (northern end)

Peels Road

MED #LOW

MED #


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ROAD NAME PENNYROYAL SCHOOL ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.420km DATE SURVEYED 17.1.1997 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.420km (both sides)

Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although a solitary, mature Messmate is located near the termination of the road. The right roadside supports a Messmate woodland with a dense understorey of Austral Bracken, Acacia species, Prickly Tea-tree and remnant grasses. The weed content increases progressively along the length of the roadside.

Species recorded: (right only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua

r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Lepidosperma sp. Bristly Wallaby-grass Danthonia setacea Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Tussock-grass Poa sp. Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Tussock-grass Poa sp. Hairy Rice-grass Tetrarrhena distichophylla

Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 18 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.420

Pennyroyal-Wymbooliel Rd

Pennyroyal School Road

LOWHIGH


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ROAD NAME PENNYROYAL STATION ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.036km DATE SURVEYED 17.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.89km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered stands of Blackwood although other remnant trees and shrubs are present to a lesser extent. The stands are extensive in some areas but the roadsides within this section are generally degraded due to the invasion of pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Juncus sp Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus


Both roadsides supporting a Messmate and Narrow-leaf Peppermint woodland with a variable mid-storey where Austral Bracken, Thatch Saw-sedge, Acacia species or young saplings are respectively dominant. The weed content is high in areas but over the length of the section it is considered to be relatively low.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua

R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarriensis r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Hairy Rice-grass Tetrarrhena distichophylla Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Common Heath Epacris impressa


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Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata


0.00 4.036

Bushes Lane

Pennyroyal Station Road

LOWLOW

1.89

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME PENNYROYAL VALLEY ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 7.290km DATE SURVEYED 17.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.80km (both sides)

Both roadsides initally landscaped and within the town boundary. Thereafter the roadsides support scattered stands of mature and regenerating Eucalypts and Acacia species. Yarra Gum is scattered along the both roadsides. The ground cover is mostly weedy.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum


Both roadsides supporting a closed, mature Eucalypt woodland with a mid-storey generally dominated by numerous shrubs and small tree species. The roadsides are weedy in areas but a number of remnant ground cover species are found under the tree and shrub layer. The width of the roadsides varies throughout and ranges from narrow strips of approximately 1 metre on the right roadside to a medium sized reserve of approximately 0.25ha on the left roadside. The larger reserve supports some grassland species but has a high weed content.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Carex sp.

Survey Score: 24 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 21 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH


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Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species but with individuals or small stands of remnant species listed below.


Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei


Both roadsides supporting a non-contiguous, mature Eucalypt woodland. The roadsides vary in width and contain a high weed content in areas. The mid-storey contains Acacia species, saplings and other small shrub species.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua (incomplete) r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana

Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Tall Sedge Carex appressa Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia * Hemp Bush Gynatrix pulchella Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Juncus sp. Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus


0.00 7.290


Pennyroyal Valley Road

HIGH

LOW0.80 3.17

HIGH

HIGH

HIGH

5.31HIGH HIGH

LOW


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ROAD NAME PENNYROYAL-WYMBOOLIEL ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.555km DATE SURVEYED 17.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 3.14km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally supporting a continuous, mature Eucalypt woodland except for minor, interspersed clearances for powerlines and property frontages. The right roadside includes a triangular reserve of approximately 0.2ha near the commencement of the section. The mid-storey of both roadsides is variable but include larger Acacia species such as Blackwood and Black Wattle along with smaller shrubs such as Prickly Tea-tree and Hop Wattle. The ground cover includes Austral Bracken in most areas in addition to rushes, sedges and peas. The weed content is relatively high and includes thistles, blackberry and pasture grasses.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Tussock-grass Poa sp. Juncus sp Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Hairy Rice-grass Tetrarrhena distichophylla Hydrocotyle sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Dianella sp. Austral Indigo Indigofera australis Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Bristly Wallaby-grass Danthonia setacea Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Hop Wattle Acacia stricta Pithy Sword-sedge Lepidosperma longitudinale Tall Sedge Carex appressa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Spear-grass Austrostipa sp.


Both roadsides with an open Eucalypt woodland over a generally degraded understorey of pasture grasses and weed species. Both Brookers Gum and Yarra Gum are present. The woodland changes to scattered stands and isolated individuals of Acacia and Eucalypt species near the termination of the section.


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Species recorded: R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarriensis

r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Drooping Cassinia Cassinia arcuata Hyacinth Orchid Dipodium roseum


0.00 4.555

Pennyroyal Station Rd

Pennyroyal-Wumbooliel Road

HIGH

HIGH3.14

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME PEREGRINE CLOSE TOTAL LENGTH 0.215km DATE SURVEYED 28.10.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.215km (both sides)

Left roadside supporting an open Messmate woodland with a low weed content. The right roadside has overhead powerlines which has led to some vegetation modification.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Sundew Drosera sp. Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.215

Addiscott Rd

Peregrine Close

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME PETTAVEL ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 9.530km DATE SURVEYED 6.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 2.96km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a relatively continuous Drooping Sheoke dominated woodland with a degraded understorey.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa

Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Acaena sp.


Both roadsides supporting a woodland variously dominated by Eucalypts and Sheokes. The mid-storey predominantly includes species of Acacia. The understorey is heavily infested by weedy shrubs, including garden plants, grasses and small trees such as Melaleucas and Pines.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Acaena sp. Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Lepidosperma sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia



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Both roadsides with a sparse cover of Black Wattle interspersed with plantation escapees and other exotic weeds. The ground cover has a high weed content but a few remnant species persist.

Species recorded: Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Lepidosperma sp. Hibbertia sp. Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum


Left roadside with a good mixed-species canopy cover with a number of remnant ground cover species present. The right roadside supports a sparser tree cover in comparison with the left roadside and is cleared in areas. However, it contains a similar suite of ground cover species. The tree form of Silver Banksia occurs on both roadsides. The weed content of both roadsides is high in areas.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Hibbertia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Lepidosperma sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Pimelia sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia


0.00

Princes Hwy

Pettavel Road

9.5307.42LOW MED #LOW

MEDMED #MED

7.962.96

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME PHILLIPS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 0.850km DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.850km (both sides)


0.00 0.850

Shelford Road

Phillips Lane

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME PINEWOOD ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.432km DATE SURVEYED 28.11.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.432km (both sides)

Both roadsides treeless and dominated by pasture grasses and weed although some Austral Bracken (Pteridium esculentum) is present.


0.00 0.432

Thielmanns Rd

Pinewood Road

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME POINT ADDIS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.912km DATE SURVEYED 23.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 2.56km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a low Messmate woodland that progressively becomes more stunted and wind-pruned as the section nears the coast. The heathy understorey is structurally and floristically diverse in addition to being mostly intact, principally due to the poor nutrient status of the soils. The roadsides abut uncleared woodland of both private and public land and are not delineated by fences for the greater part of the section. The threatened Velvet Daisy-bush is present mostly on the left roadside from 0.57 onwards.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Brown Stringybark Eucalyptus baxteri * Red Ironbark Eucalyptus tricarpa Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Sweet Wattle Acacia suaveolens Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Scrub Sheoke Allocasuarina paludosa Sheep’s Burr Acaena echinata Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Silver Banksia Banksia marginata Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Coarse Dodder-laurel Cassytha melantha Common Correa Correa reflexa Bristly Wallaby-grass Danthonia setacea Tall Wallaby-grass Danthonia procera * Leafless Bitter-pea Daviesia brevifolia Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Coast Flax-lily Dianella brevicaulis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata * Prickly Cryptandra Cryptandra tomentosa Common Heath Epacris impressa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Gonocarpus sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus * Dwarf Wedge-pea Gompholobium ecostatum Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Furze Hakea Hakea ulicina Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Common Hovea Hovea linearis * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Ixodia Ixodia achillaeoides Running Postman Kennedia prostrata * Slender Velvet-bush Lasiopetalum baueri


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Dwarf Wire-lily Laxmania orientalis Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Variable Sword-sedge Lepidosperma laterale Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus * Peach Heath Lissanthe strigosa Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis * Holly Lomatia Lomatia ilicifolia v Velvet Daisy-bush Olearia pannosa Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa * Cypress Daisy-bush Olearia teretifolia Orchidaceae sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis * Woolly Rice-flower Pimelia octophylla Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides * Rough Bush-pea Pultenaea scabra Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Coast Pomaderris Pomaderris oraria Short Purple-flag Patersonia fragilis Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Soft Tussock-grass Poa morrisii Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana Tussock-grass Poa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Matted Bog-sedge Schoenus breviculmis Dusty Miller Spyridium parvifolium * Winged Spyridium Spyridium vexilliferum Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata * Paper-flower Thomasia petalocalyx Coast Bonefruit Threlkeldia diffusa Twining Fringe-lily Thysanotus patersonii * Common Fringe-lily Thysanotus tuberosus Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Heath Xanthosia Xanthosia pusilla


Both roadsides supporting a wind-pruned Moonah dominated woodland. The section contains some modified segments including carparks and carpark entrances.

Species recorded: * Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata Cushion Bush Leucophyta brownii Coast Beard-heath Leucopogon parviflorus Thyme Rice-flower Pimelia serpyllifolia Rounded Noon-flower Disphyma crassifolium ssp. clavellatum White Correa Correa alba Slender Dodder-laurel Cassytha glabella

Creeping Myoporum Myoporum parvifolium


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Coast Daisy Brachyscome parvula Corybas sp.


0.00 2.912

Anglesea Rd

Point Addis Road

HIGH

HIGH

2.56HIGH

HIGH


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ROAD NAME POLLEYS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 0.975km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.975km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses and weed species. Isolated Sweet Bursaria shrubs occur on both roadsides (at 0.455 on the left and at 0.88 on the right) while a Drooping Sheoke and a stand of Black Wattle are restricted to the right roadside only.

Species recorded: (both sides) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa (right only) Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.975

Devon Road

Polleys Lane

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME POLLOCKSFORD BRIDGE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.840km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.62km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although two Black Wattles (Acacia mearnsii) occur on the left roadside.


Left roadside degraded with pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside with a significant Drooping Sheoke dominated woodland over a relatively intact and floristically rich ground cover. The mid storey supports Prickly Acacia and Tree Violet while the canopy also includes Black Wattles and, to a lesser extent, Red Gums. Gorse and Genista have infested the roadside.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (x3) Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Common Bog-sedge Schoenus apogon Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Grey-beard Grass Amphipogon strictus Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca Lomandra sp. Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Sundew Drosera sp. Acaena sp. Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 3. 0.98 - 3.84km (both sides)



0.00 3.840

Barrabool Rd

Pollocksford Bridge Road

LOW

LOW

0.62 0.98LOW

HIGH

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME PORTREATH ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 5.895km DATE SURVEYED 17.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.99km (both sides)

Right roadside abutting a woodland reserve and supporting a floristically and structurally diverse heathy woodland community. Left roadside cleared of elevated vegetation due to overhead powerline installation although low heathy species are present and the weed content is low.

Species recorded: (both sides) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Common Heath Epacris impressa Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada (mostly right only) Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia(?) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Smooth Parrot-pea Dillwynia glaberrima Sundew Drosera sp. Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Orchidaceae sp. Schoenus sp. Twining Fringe-lily Thysanotus patersonii

* Rosy Baekea Baekea ramosissima ssp. prostrata Dichelachne sp. Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Short Purple-flag Patersonia fragilis Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 18 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH


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Both roadsides having low value due to the introduction of plantation species (right side) or high weed content (left side).


Both roadsides with a patchy distribution of Eucalypts and Acacia species over a relatively degraded groundcover. This section includes a drainage line with Swamp Gum and Common Tussock-grass present.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 2.17 - 2.33km (both sides)

Left roadside degraded due to weed infestation and only supporting some juvenile Swamp Gum. Right roadside supporting Snow Gum and a stands of Blackwood.

Species recorded: (right only) * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia (left only) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 5. 2.33 - 4.35km (both sides)

Left roadside generally slashed with most tree canopy and taller shrubs removed due to the installation of overhead powerlines. Right roadside with variable patches of tree cover dominated in parts by Black Wattle, Swamp Gum or Manna Gum. Other shrubs and lower strata species such as Thatch Saw-sedge and Austral Bracken are variously distributed along the length of the roadside while the ground cover is intact in areas. The infestation of Gorse is particularly heavy in some locations.

Species recorded: (both sides) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Tussock-grass Poa sp. Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum (right only) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Eucalyptus sp. Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis


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Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans

Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Coast Beard-heath Leucopogon parviflorus Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Hydrocotyle sp. Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Austral Indigo Indigofera australis Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 6. 4.35 - 4.87km (both sides)

Left roadside with a reasonable cover of shrubs and scattered trees. The ground cover is weedy in areas, with Flax-leaf Broom particularly heavy, but a number of remnant species persist. The right roadside has been modified due to overhead powerline installation and supports only scattered small trees and shrubs.

Species recorded: (both sides) Drooping Cassinia Cassinia arcuata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum (right only) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata (Left only) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Tussock-grass Poa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans Sundew Drosera sp. Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 7. 4.87 - 5.20km (both sides)

Both roadsides with plantation species and weedy ground cover.


Both roadsides supporting an open woodland with a mid-storey of scattered Prickly Tea-tree. The ground cover is generally poor due to weed infestation.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM


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SECTION 9. 5.45 - 5.895km (both sides) Both roadsides supporting scattered Acacia species above a degraded ground cover.

Species recorded: Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.33

Forest Rd

Portreath Road

0.99LOWLOW

LOWHIGH

1.40LOW

MED #

2.17

LOW

4.35 4.87LOWLOW

LOWMED

MED

LOW

LOW5.45

LOW

5.895

LOW

5.20 MEDMED


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ROAD NAME PRICES LANE TOTAL LENGTH 6.200km DATE SURVEYED 30.7.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.24km (both sides)

Low-lying roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weeds but containing sparse Kangaroo Grass tussocks and Barren Cane-grass.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra V Barren Cane-grass Eragrostis infecunda Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 0.24 - 2.81km (both sides)

Roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Tree Violet (divaricate form) occurs at 0.550km on left roadside and on rocky outcropping on both roadsides at approximately 0.98km. The outcropping also supports Prickly Acacia.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 2.81 - 4.04km (both sides)

Right roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside contains scattered remnants of Kangaroo Grass and Milky Beauty-heads.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra (left only) Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus


Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside contains extensive areas of Prickly Acacia and good patches of Black-anther Flax-lily but is generally degraded from weed invasion.

Species recorded. Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa (right only) Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.240.00 6.200MED #

Cressy Rd

Prices Lane

HIGHLOWLOW

2.18 4.04LOWLOW

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME PRICES ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.433km DATE SURVEYED 4.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.77km (both sides)

Left roadside cleared and dominated by pasture grass and weed species. The right roadside supports a good mix of tree and shrub species over a ferny understorey with a large amount of leaf litter and logs. The weed content is low although pasture grasses have invaded the roadside in areas.

Species recorded: (right only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Scrub Sheoke Allocasuarina paludosa Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Tussock-grass Poa sp. Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Everlasting Sundew Drosera sp. Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 0.77 - 1.433km (both sides)

The vegetation community of the right roadside is similar to that recorded in Section 1 although the weed content is higher, particularly for the initial 100 metres. There are also planted species present. The vegetation of the left roadside has been modified due to the installation of powerlines but at the time of survey had not been slashed for some time and a number of remnants species are recorded.


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Species recorded: (both sides) Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis (right only) See Section 1. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 17 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.433

Wormbete Station Rd

Prices Road

LOWHIGH

0.77MEDHIGH


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ROAD NAME RANDLES ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.910km DATE SURVEYED 18.10.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.910km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although there are scattered stands of Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnatha) and tussocks of Poa labillardierei.


0.00 0.910

Bluestone School Rd

Randles Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME READS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.600km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.600km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species in addition to planted species near the termination of the section. A small number of scattered trees and areas of sedge are present.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Pithy Sword-sedge Lepidosperma longitudinale Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula


0.00 1.600

Monahans Rd

Reads Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME RESERVOIR ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 5.662km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.76km (both sides)

Both roadsides support a Drooping Sheoke woodland of varying density over a disturbed ground cover that contains scattered remnant species.

Species recorded: Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Senecio sp. (x2) Lomandra sp. Acaena sp. (x2) Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.76 - 1.05km (both sides)

Left roadside with scattered eucalypts and Acacia species over a predominantly degraded understorey. Right roadside supports a significant Manna Gum/Swamp Gum woodland with a Tea-tree/Acacia mid-storey and a diverse, and in most areas intact, ground cover. This disjunct community has affinities with the heathy woodlands found further south within the Shire.

Species recorded: (both sides) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata (mostly right side) Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Sundew Drosera sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus * Wiry Buttons Leptorhynchos tenuifolius Variable Stinkweed Opercularia varia

* Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Lomandra sp. Thelymitra sp.


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Dillwynia sp. Acaena sp. Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 16 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 3. 1.05 - 1.12km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although scattered stands of Prickly Acacia (Acacia paradoxa) and Black Wattle (A. mearnsii) are present along with patches of Kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra) and Poa sp.


Left roadside supporting Acacia species but ground cover is generally degraded. Right roadside is elevated due to road cutting and contains a reasonably diverse community with heath and grassland affinities.

Species recorded. (both sides) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (right only) Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Common Heath Epacris impressa Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Sundew Drosera sp. Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Lomandra sp. Hibbertia sp. Thelymitra sp. Acaena sp. Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 5. 1.235 - 5.662km (both sides)

Both roadside with scattered stands of Acacia species over a dergraded ground cover.


0.760.00 5.662

Pettavel Rd

Reservoir Road

MEDLOWHIGH

1.05 1.12LOW LOW

1.325MED

LOW MEDLOWLOW


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ROAD NAME RIFLE BUTTS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.152km DATE SURVEYED 26.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 3.152km (both sides)

Both roadsides with variable Eucalypt and Acacia cover with scattered but reasonably intact remnant species in the ground cover. A number of weed species are present including Blackberry, Gorse and Spanish Heath.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp. Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Juncus sp . Knobby Club-sedge Isolepis nodosa. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.152

Deans Marsh Rd

Rifle Butts Road

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME ROCHFORDS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.013km DATE SURVEYED 4.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.20km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although some remnant species persist.

Species recorded: Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum

Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.20 - 0.62km (both sides)

Left roadside with Manna Gum saplings and Prickly Acacia. Right roadside with an open woodland community dominated by saplings rather than mature trees that abut the roadside reserve. The understorey includes some heathy species but the weed content is relatively high.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis

Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale

Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum

(right only) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata

Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Blue Squill Chamaescilla corymbosa Sundew Drosera sp. Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp.


Left roadside narrow (1-2m) and heavily infested with weed species, although supporting stands of mature and regenerating Blackwood. Right roadside with scattered shrubs and tree species over a generally degraded ground cover.

Species recorded: (right only) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis

Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Guinea-flower Hibbertia sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum


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(left only) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Guinea-flower Hibbertia sp.


0.00 1.013

Gherang Rd

Rochfords Road

MEDLOW

0.20 0.62LOWLOW

LOWMED


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ROAD NAME SHELFORD ROAD TOTAL LENGTH: 11.000km DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.40km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.40 - 0.61km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting ground cover adapted to semi-saline conditions. Species recorded: Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora Creeping Brook-weed Samolus repens Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla Bolboshoenus sp.

* Salt Pratia Pratia irrigua Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 0.61 - 2.48km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species


Both roadsides heavily infested by weedy grass species. Common Spike sedge persists in very sparse stands while Barren Cane-grass occurs at a number of locations along the roadside (3.29, 3.43, 4.22, 4.23)

Species recored: V Barren Cane-grass Eragrostis infecunda Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Survey Score: 14 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 5. 5.45 - 5.71km (both sides)

Vegetation on both roadsides influenced by a relatively large semi-saline wetland that extends throughout adjoining private property, particularly on the right-hand side. Brolgas were observed within the boundary of the wetland.

Species recorded. Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora Creeping Brook-weed Samolus repens Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla V Barren Cane-grass Eragrostis infecunda

* Salt Pratia Pratia irrigua Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 19 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH


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SECTION 6 5.71 - 10.08km (both sides)

Roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although Common Spike-sedge occurs at a number of discrete sites in water-logged soils.

Species recorded. Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Amphibromus sp. Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 7. 10.08 - 11.000 (both sides)

Scattered remnants of Kangaroo grass occur on the right roadside while a good stand of Prickly Acacia is present on the left roadside. Apart from these species, vegetation cover consists of pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.400.00 11.00LOW

Cressy Rd

Shelford Road

LOW

MED

MED

2.48 5.45LOW

LOW

LOW

LOW

0.61MED #

MED #

HIGH

HIGH

5.71 10.08

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME SIMMONS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.975km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.975km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although several Black Wattles are present in scattered or solitary stands along its length. A small area on the right roadside at 0.273 supports Poa sp.


0.00 0.975

Princes Hwy

Simmons Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME SPLATTS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.574km DATE SURVEYED 17.1.1997 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.574km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a mixed species Eucalypts woodland with an Acacia mid-storey. The understorey generally comprises a dense combination Austral Bracken and forest debris but there are areas on the left roadside where blackberry is prevalent.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Acaena sp.


0.00 0.574

Parkers Rd

Splatts Road

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME STEVENSONS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.203km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.975km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by a ground cover of pasture grasses, weed species and planted shrubs and trees. Left roadside with a stand of Golden Wattle while right roadside supports some scattered Poa tussocks and immature Red Gum regeneration (1.885-1.890).

Species recorded: (right only) Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis (left only) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 2.203

Mathisons Rd

Stephensons Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME SWABYS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 5.480 km DATE SURVEYED 23.7.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.14km (both sides)

Roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Scattered Prickly Acacia shrubs are present on both roadsides.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 1.14 - 2.12km (both sides)

Kangaroo Grass/Common tussock-grass co-dominant with scattered stands of Blackwood. The presence and distribution of other native herbs and grasses is relatively low. Two Drooping Sheoaks are located on right roadside.

Species recorded: Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Drooping sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 2.12 - 2.93km (both sides) Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 2.93 - 5.480km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a Themeda dominated grassland with stands of Blackwood occuring in varying density. A number of other native herbs and grasses are present with weed invasion only minor. The roadsides are relatively narrow (varies 1-3m).

Species recorded: Kangaroo grass Themeda triandra Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (x2) Tussock-grass Poa sp. (x2) Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides

Common Woodruff Asperula conferta Acaena sp. (x2) Geranium sp. Einadia sp. Dichondra sp.


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Lomandra sp. (x2) Eucalyptus sp. Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

1.140.00 5.48LOW

Buckley Rd Sth

Swabys Lane

LOWMEDMED

2.12 2.93LOWLOW

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME SWAYNES ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.670km DATE SURVEYED 15.1.1997 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.670km (both sides)

Both roadsides a Eucalypt woodland with a sparse mid-storey of shrub species. The ground cover is degraded due to weed invasions.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida


0.00 0.670

Bambra Cemetery Rd

Swaynes Road

HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME TANNERS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 9.308km DATE SURVEYED 4.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.30km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a moderately dense Eucalypt heathy woodland. The right roadside abuts cleared private land and some pasture weeds have invaded some areas. This roadside also significantly narrows near the termination of the section. The left roadside is not delineated and adjoins State forest reserve.

Species recorded: (both sides) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Sundew Drosera sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha * Cluster Pommaderris Pomaderris racemosa Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Rayless Daisy-bush Olearia tubuliflora Common Heath Epacris impressa Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Leafless Globe-pea Sphaerolobium vimineum Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata * Leafless Bitter-pea Daviesia brevifolia * Holly Lomatia Lomatia ilicifolia Blue Squill Chamaescilla corymbosa Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Hovea Hovea linearis Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Orchidaceae sp. Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Survey Score: 23 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 21 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH


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Both roadsides supporting a mixed Eucalypt heathy woodland abutting State forest reserve. with The understorey is variable reflecting different fire regimes and soil types, and is very orchid -rich along the length of the section. Areas of gravel extraction are also present but regeneration of heath species is occurring in locations. The significant Anglesea Grevillea (Grevillea infecunda) occurs from 3.88 to 4.26 on both roadsides.

Species recorded: See also section 1. Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Shining Peppermint Eucalyptus willisii ssp. falciformis Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia (?) Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Sweet Wattle Acacia suaveolens Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Scrub Sheoke Allocasuarina paludosa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Kidney-weed Dichondra repens * Dwarf Mat-rush Lomandra nana Furze Hakea Hakea ulicina Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Cut-leaf Daisy Brachyscome multifida Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Tussock-grass Poa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp.

* Blunt Everlasting Argentipallium obtusifolium Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Dwarf Wedge-pea Gompholobium ecostatum Showy Parrot-pea Dillwynia sericea V v Anglesea Grevillea Grevillea infecunda * Woolly Rice-flower Pimelia octophylla Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Mantis Orchid Caladenia tentaculata Purple Beard Orchid Calochilus robertsonii Thelymitra sp. Spider Orchid Caladenia sp. Hop Wattle Acacia stricta Trailing Goodenia Goodenia lanata Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Variable Plantain Plantago varia Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Survey Score: 26 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 26 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 3. 8.82 - 8.93km (both sides)

The vegetation of the left roadside similar to preceding section. The right roadside has been cleared and, at the time of survey, was ploughed.


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Species recorded: (left only) See Section 2. (exclude G. infecunda) Survey Score: 21 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 8.93 - 9.308km (both sides)

Left roadside cleared in front of private property. The right roadside supports a dense Prickly Tea-tree community beneath an open Blackwood canopy. The weed content is very low.

Species recorded: (right only Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon -incomplete) Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 9.308

Forest Rd

Tanners Lane

1.30HIGHLOW

HIGHHIGH

8.82 8.93HIGHHIGH

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ROAD NAME TAYLORS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 2.500km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 2.550km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although there are scattered Blackwoods on the right roadside and a small saline affected segment supporting salt tolerant plants on both roadsides between 0.40 and 0.60.

Species recorded: (both sides) Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla

Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora Creeping Brook-weed Samolus repens

(right only) Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00

Cape Otway Rd

Taylors Road

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ROAD NAME THEILMANS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.467km DATE SURVEYED 4.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.79km (both sides)

The vegetation on the right roadside has been modified due to the removal of tree and shrub strata for overhead powerline construction and contains Thatch Saw-sedge and, to a lesser extent, Tea-tree. However, the weed infestation is significant. Left roadside also degraded by grassy weed species but supports some Acacia species and at the latter part of this section, some Scented Paperbark and dense thickets of Tea-tree and Prickly Moses. Some immature Swamp Gums are also present.

Species recorded: (both sides) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale (left side only) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata * Scented Paperbark Melaleuca squarrosa Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Juncus sp. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.79 - 1.50km (both sides)

Left roadside has been slashed and devoid of any large shrubs and trees due to overhead powerlines. Some small shrubs and a minor amount of Swamp Gum regeneration are recorded at the time of survey. The right roadside supports juvenile to semi-mature Swamp Gums in addition to dense thickets of Tea-tree and Juncus sp. in wetter areas and Prickly Acacia/tussock grass community in the better drained sites.

Species recorded: (both sides) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale (left only) Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis (right only) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Sundew Drosera sp. Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 11 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM


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SECTION 3. 1.50 - 3.467m (both sides)

Both roadsides generally supporting a Eucalypt woodland of Swamp Gum, Messmate, Manna Gum and Narrow-leaf Peppermint in variable levels of dominance and distribution. There are areas of good structural complexity within the canopy and mid-stratum. The diversity of ground cover is high along the section although the presence of grassy weed species is medium to high in parts but less prevalent in others.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia * Holly Lomatia Lomatia ilicifolia Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Sundew Drosera sp. Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common Heath Epacris impressa Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 19 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.467

Rockfords Rd

Thielmanns Road

0.79 1.50LOW

MED

HIGH

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ROAD NAME THOMAS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.020km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.47km (both sides)

Right roadside generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species with minor occurrances of Kangaroo Grass and Poa tussocks. Left roadside with a relatively thin width of approximately 1-2 meters of Kangaroo Grass dominated grassland segments (0.06-.360, .477-.580 and .855-1.47). The first segment contains a number of species common to the plains grassland community including the threatened Plains Rice-flower.

Species recorded: (both sides) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei (mostly left) * Lemon Beauty-heads Calochephalus citreus * Small-flower Mat-rush Lomandra micrantha Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Varied Raspwort Haloragis heterophylla

Common Woodruff Asperula conferta Acaena sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. v Plains Rice-flower Pimelea spinescens Survey Score: 14 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 1.47 - 4.02km (both sides)


0.00 4.020

Peel Rd

Thomas Road

LOW

LOWLOW

MED #1.47


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ROAD NAME THOMPSONS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.416km DATE SURVEYED 28.11.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.416km (both sides)

Both roadsides treeless and dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.


0.00 0.416

Dangers Rd

Thompsons Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME VICKERYS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 4.450km DATE SURVEYED 23.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.84km (both sides)

Right roadside dominated by an open Acacia canopy over an understorey that is moderately weedy but with areas where remnant grassland species are well represented. The left roadside is dominated by regenerating Acacia rather than mature specimens.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Austral Cranesbill Geranium solanderi Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans * Peach Heath Lissanthe strigosa Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 0.84 - 1.66km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a mixed species Eucalypt woodland of variable cover. The roadsides exhibit good floristic and structural complexity in areas and also support a number of locally significant species including several Snow Gums at the termination of the section. The ground cover is also variable and includes areas of Austral Bracken and Thatch Saw-sedge, Poa grassland and open heathy communities. The midstorey, where present, comprises a number of small shrubs and scattered low tree species.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae


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Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Tussock-grass Poa sp. Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Common Lagenifera Lagenifera stipitata Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis * Yellow Bulbine-lily Bulbine bulbosa Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Common Heath Epacris impressa Cassinia sp. Senecio sp. Hydrocotyle sp. Cassytha sp. Survey Score: 21 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 21 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 4.450

Hendy Main Rd

Vickerys Road

0.84HIGHHIGH

MEDMED


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ROAD NAME VOLUMNS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.210km DATE SURVEYED 17.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.70km (both sides)

Both roadsides with sparsely scattered Drooping Sheoke (Allocasuarina verticillata) and Black-anther Flax-lily (Dianella revoluta). The remainder of the roadside is dominated by exotic vegetation.


Both roadsides supporting a small number of grassland species but the grassy weed content is relatively high.

Species recorded: (both sides) Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta

Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca Lobelia sp.

(left only) * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 1.90 - 2.40km (both sides)

Both roadsides with stands of mature and regenerating Acacia species in areas. The ground cover is degraded.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha



0.00

Noble Rd

Volumns Road

3.2101.90LOW LOW

LOW

LOW

LOWLOW

2.401.70

LOW

MED


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ROAD NAME WAINEWRIGHTS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 3.225km DATE SURVEYED 5.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.86km (both sides)

A greater part of both roadsides supports a Red Gum/Drooping Sheoke/Acacia woodland. Within this woodland there is a small area where Red Gum predominates and the understorey consists of a relatively intact cover of Poa sp. Elsewhere, the understorey is mostly degraded from weed infestation and rubbish deposits. The initial 300m of the roadsides are treeless except for solitary shrubs of Sweet Bursaria and Black Wattle on the right side. Shrubby weeds include Tree Lucerne, Gorse, Briar Rose and Pinus, while Vinca, Phalaris and other grassy weeds are prevalent in the ground cover.

Species recorded: (both sides) Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Lightwood Acacia implexa Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Mat Grass Hermathria uncinata Juncus sp. Acaena sp. Senecio sp. Isolepis sp. (right only) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 2. 1.86 - 3.225km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered stands of Acacia species. The ground cover of the right roadside is heavily infested with weeds, particularly Phalaris, although there are areas where Mat Grass and Aceana sp. have combined to form a dense vegetation layer. In other parts, Kangaroo Grass and Poa sp. occur in sporadic and small patches. The ground cover of the left roadside is less weedy and in places contains intact Kangaroo Grass dominated grassland. Some species more commonly associated with the heathy grasslands were recorded from the left roadside.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Small St John's Wort Hypericum gramineum Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Orchidaceae sp. Acaena sp.


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Mat Grass Hermathria uncinata (left only) * Tall Leek-orchid Prasophyllum elatum Survey Score: 11 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.225

Buckley School Rd

Wainewrights Lane

HIGH

HIGH

1.86MEDLOW


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ROAD NAME WALTER ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.857km DATE SURVEYED 30.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.12km (both sides)


Left roadside with an open Manna Gum woodland with a mid-story of Acacia species. The ground cover comprises weed species. The right roadside supports a similar tree and shrub association but includes some remnant species within the ground cover.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha (right only) Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Lomandra sp. Survey Score: 5 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 0.50 - 0.857km (both sides)



1.140.00 0.857LOW

Merrawarp Rd

Walter Road

LOW

0.50LOWMED

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME WALTONS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.950km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 1.950km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although there are scattered areas where some remnant species persist.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Juncus sp


0.00 1.950

Princes Hwy

Waltons Road

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME WENSLEYDALE STATION ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 6.003km DATE SURVEYED 17.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.30km (both sides)

Both roadsides variously dominated by non-contiguous Eucalypt or Acacia stands. The ground cover is generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species, although Thatch Saw-sedge is dominant in areas while a number of other remnant species are also recorded. The mid-storey, where present, includes a mix of Acacia species, Prickly Tea-tree and other small trees and shrubs.

Species recorded: (both sides) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Bristly Wallaby-grass Danthonia setacea Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Juncus sp . Carex sp. (left only) R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Survey Score: 22 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 9 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 1.30 - 1.68km (both sides)

Right roadside slashed with only a narrow linear strip along the fenceline with a Thatch Saw-sedge/Prickly Tea-tree mix. The slashed area is dominated by stunted Prickly Tea-tree and Wallaby grass. The left roadside supports thickets of Prickly Tea-tree, Thatch Saw-sedge and Austral Bracken with minor occurrances of Black Wattle and a solitary Yarra Gum.

Species recorded: (both sides) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus (left only) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis


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Right roadside disturbed in part from earthworks/burning for vegetation maintenance of overhead powerline installation. Some areas with good regrowth of Acacia while others support Prickly Tea-tree. The left roadside with stands of Eucalypts and Acacias with resonable understorey in places.

Species recorded: (both sides) Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra (left only) R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 2.20 - 2.86km (both sides)

Left roadside with some areas of Eucalypt regeneration but with lengths supporting more mature trees that have been pruned substantially as part of vegetation maintenance under powerlines. The right roadside supports a mature Eucalypt tree cover, predominantly Manna Gum, and areas with stands of Acacia.

Species recorded: (both sides) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta (right only) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia (left only) Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Centella Centella cordifolia Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Juncus sp . Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 21 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 5. 2.86 - 3.19km (both sides)


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Left roadside with a sparse cover of shrubs and isolated small trees. The right roadside supports a reasonably dense Eucalypt woodland, predominantly Manna Gum, with scattered mid-storey of small trees and shrubs and a good low understorey in some areas.

Species recorded: (left only) see Section 4. (right only) Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Weather-glass Hypoxis sp. Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 17 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 6. 3.19 - 3.46km (both sides)

Left roadside supports a woodland characterised with a dense mix of young to medium aged Eucalypt and Acacia species. The heathy ground storey is intact in most parts. The right roadside includes a lawned house frontage at the commencement of the section but also encompasses a triangular reserve at the junction with Clarks Road. This reserve supports a diverse woodland community with a generally low weed content.

Species recorded: (both sides) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Tussock-grass Poa sp.(x3) Bristly Wallaby-grass Danthonia setacea Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis


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Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Trailing Goodenia Goodenia lanata Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Thelymitra sp. Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Leucopogon sp. (right only) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Plantago sp. Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Running Postman Kennedia prostrata

Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Aceana sp. Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Common Fringe-lily Thysanotus tuberosus Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 18 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 7. 3.46 - 3.79km (both sides)

Left roadside continues from previous section with a good but generally medium aged Eucalypt canopy over a grassy/bracken ground cover. There are occassional and sparse Acacia species present. The right roadside vegetation has been slashed at the commencement of the section but also includeds a reasonably dense community of Acacia and Prickly Tea-tree. Scattered Messmate occurs throughout but are pruned due to maintenance works under powerlines.

Species recorded: (both sides) Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis (left side) includes most species in Sections 6. (additional) Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 8. 3.79 - 4.53km (both sides)

Left roadside continues from previous section but the lower vegetation strata is more closely allied to a heathland community. The right roadside has been mostly cleared


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of trees due to overhead powerline installation but supports a good distribution of Kangaroo Grass and other heathy species. Some lower shrubs and small trees are also present at the termination of the section.

Species recorded: (both sides) Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale (right only) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides (left only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua (incomplete) Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Common Fringe-lily Thysanotus tuberosus Hovea sp. * Holly Lomatia Lomatia ilicifolia Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Survey Score: 18 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 8 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 9. 4.53 - 5.73km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a dense, heathy Eucalypt woodland although Prickly Tea-tree dominates in areas on poorly drained soils. The mid-storey is generally light and contains Acacia species and Prickly Tea-tree while the heathy ground cover is intact and relatively diverse in areas.

Species recorded: (both sides) generally including species recorded in Section 8. (additional) * Woolly Rice-flower Pimelia octophylla Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Heath Xanthosia Xanthosia pusilla Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia * Cluster Pommaderris Pomaderris racemosa Dillwynia sp. Carex sp. Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 10. 5.73 - 6.003km (both sides)


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Both roadsides grading from an open woodland to a shrubland and in areas supporting a vegetation complex dominated by Prickly Tea-tree and Acacia species. Some areas of both roadsides have been slashed.

Species recorded: Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Furze Hakea Hakea ulicina Centella Centella cordifolia Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Survey Score: 9 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.19

Cape Otway Rd

Wensleydale Station Road

1.30 1.68HIGHLOW

HIGHMED

2.20LOWHIGH

2.86

HIGH

3.46 3.79 4.53HIGHHIGH

HIGHMED

HIGH

MED

MED5.73

MED

6.003

MEDHIGHLOW

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ROAD NAME WEST ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.190km DATE SURVEYED 17.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.22km (both sides)

Both roadsides with sparsely scattered Black Wattle. The ground cover is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although there are some relatively intact patches of native grasses particularly on the left roadside.

Species recorded: Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Orchidaceae sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.22 - 0.35km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting an open Eucalypt woodland including several Snow Gums. There is good regeneration of tree species but the ground cover is very poor due to grassy weed infestation.

Species recorded: * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Eucalyptus sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Survey Score: 14 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 14 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 3. 0.35 - 0.57km (both sides)

Right roadside heavily infested with blackberry although some indigenous species present. Left roadside generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 0.57 - 0.78km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a medium dense Messmate/heathy woodland with a reasonably intact and structurally diverse low shrub and ground cover.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula


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Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum

Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Dillwynia sp. Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 5. 0.78 - 1.190km (both sides)

Left roadside cleared of mature trees although Messmate saplings have regenerated and the low heathy ground cover exhibits a low weed content. The vegetation on the right roadside continues from the previous section.

Species recorded: (right only) see Section 4. (additional) Sundew Drosera sp. Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis (left only) Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Common Woodrush Luzula meridionalis. Orchidaceae sp. Microtis sp. Survey Score: 8 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 1.190

Centre Rd

West Road

HIGH

0.35MED #

MED #

MEDMEDLOW

0.22 0.57LOWLOW

0.78HIGHHIGH


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ROAD NAME WILLIAMS ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 1.770km DATE SURVEYED 15.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.31km (both sides)

Right roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Left roadside supporting some relatively intact segments of Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) -dominated grassland and Rush Sedge (Carex tereticaulis) -dominated sedgeland.


Both roadsides supporting a Drooping Sheoke dominated woodland with scattered Acacia species. The ground cover is degraded but there are small segments that are reasonably intact. The left roadside contains the plains form of Common Boobialla.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis Acaena sp. Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Caesia sp. Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus Common Blown Grass Agrostis avenacea Amphibromus sp. Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens * Pale Swamp Everlasting Helichrysum aff. rutidolepis Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum Dillwynia sp. * Native Flax Linum marginale Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior

(left only) Common Boobialla Myoporum insulare Survey Score: 16 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 16 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00

Dickens Rd

Williams Road

1.7700.31

HIGHMEDLOW

HIGH


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ROAD NAME WILLOWITE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 7.563km DATE SURVEYED 13.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.83km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species including Gorse which is prevalent in areas. A small number of remnant species are recorded.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii

Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra


Both roadsides supporting a Drooping Sheoke dominated woodland with scattered tree and shrub species. The understorey is degraded due to weed invasion. Near the termination of the section the woodland is more open on the right roadside while the left roadside contains heavy growth of young trees.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Acaena sp. Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei


Left roadside supporting a stand of Prickly Acacia which progressively thins out to scattered individuals towards the termination of the section. Right roadside contains sparsely scattered shrub and tree species. The ground cover is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species but includes some remnant grassland species in areas.

Species recorded: Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis

Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata

Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Knobby Club-sedge Isolepis nodosa.


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Acaena sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.


Both roadsides forming widened, triangular reserves at the crossing of Thompsons Creek. The reserves support a relatively high number of grassy woodland species but the weed content is high particularly along the streamside banks where Gorse and Watsonia are prevalent.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata

Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Acaena sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Cotton Fireweed Senecio quadridentatus Hakea sp. Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Juncus sp. Common Sedge Carex inversa Tussock-grass Poa sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra




Both roadsides with open and interrupted stands of Eucalypts and Acacia species. The weed content is high in areas but there are segments that support remnant ground cover species, including swards of Clustered Sword.-sedge.


Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum


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Hibbertia sp. Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Dillwynia sp. Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae


Both roadsides supporting a sedgeland within a shallow natural drainage line. Species recorded: Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula

* Soft Twig-sedge Baumea rubiginosa Juncus sp. Lepidosperma sp.


Both roadsides wit scattered areas supporting remnant tree and small shrub species with Austral Bracken prevalent in some segments. The weed content is relatively high throughout the section.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Acaena sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Lepidosperma sp. Hibbertia sp. Pultanea sp.



0.00

Mt Duneed Rd

Willowite Road

7.5636.05LOW MED

LOW MED MED MED

6.132.23MEDMED

0.83 2.80 3.14 3.50LOW

LOW

LOW

LOW

MED

MED

MED

MED


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ROAD NAME WINCHELSEA-DEANS MARSH ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 21.990km DATE SURVEYED 15.1.1997 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 10.76km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting scattered stands and isolated individuals of various tree and shrub species. The stands of Blackwood tend to dominate and are dense in areas. Red Gums associated with the Barwon River riparian area occur at 4.50. The roadsides also support plantings of trees and exotics including Pampas Grass. The ground cover is degraded due to invasive weed growth and soil disturbances except for a few small and scattered patches of remnant grassland species.


Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei


Both roadsides with a non-continuous Eucalypt woodland interrupted by modifications along property frontages including slashing, tree removal and plantings. The understorey of the woodland is dominated by Austral Bracken, Thatch Saw-sedge and Prickly Tea-trees but the weed content is high.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata

Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum


Both roadsides mostly abutting forested public land and supporting a mixed species Eucalypt heathy woodland. Austral Bracken dominates the understorey in many areas but the total section contains a diversity of remnant understorey species.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha


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Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Acaena sp. Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Centella Centella cordifolia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Dillwynia sp. Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Hyacinth Orchid Dipodium roseum. Sundew Drosera sp. Common Heath Epacris impressa Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Trailing Goodenia Goodenia lanata Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Mat-rush Lomandra sp. * Holly Lomatia Lomatia ilicifolia Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Orchidaceae sp. Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata Thelymitra sp.(x2) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor


Both roadsides with a Eucalypyt woodland but not with the strong heathy affinities characterised by the previous section. The weed content is also high in comparison. Weeds include Phalaris, Flax-leaf Broom, Prunus sp., Blackberry and Tree Lucerne.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon


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Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Acaena sp. Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor


Both roadsides with scattered stands of trees and shrubs variously dominated by Blackwood, Black Wattle and Eucalypt species. The ground cover is generally of poor conservation value but patches of remnant grasses are present, particularly where road cuttings occur.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Eucalyptus sp. Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tussock-grass Poa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra


Both roadsides with a continuous Eucalypt woodland although the understorey is degraded in areas by infestations of Phalaris and Fennel.

Species recorded: Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Eucalyptus sp. Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Bristly Wallaby-grass Danthonia setacea Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Tussock-grass Poa sp. Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Sundew Drosera sp.


Both roadsides with scattered stands of mature Eucalypt and Acacia species. The ground cover is mostly dominated by pasture grasses, exotic plants and weed species.


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Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei


0.00 21.990

Princes Hwy

Winchelsea-Deans Marsh Road

LOWLOW

10.76 16.16

MEDMED HIGH

11.83 13.42 14.47 17.29HIGHHIGH MED

MED MEDMEDHIGH

LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME WINCHELSEA-INVERLEIGH ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 16.650km DATE SURVEYED 5.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 13.57km (both sides)

Left roadside generally degraded with weed species although a good stand of Black Wattle occurs in a small triangular road reserve (12.92-13.19) and along the remainder of this section. Pale Flax-lily is present on both roadsides but is more extensive on the left side (7.82-7.95). The right roadside contains scattered areas supporting a number of remnant grasses, shrubs and trees.

Species recorded: (both sides) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Pale Flax-lily Dianella longifolia (left only) Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 13.57 - 13.71km (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting an excellent stand of Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) of medium maturity. However, the ground cover is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 3. 13.71 -15.60km (both sides)

A length of both roadsides (13.78-14.41) supports remnant tree species with patches of Spear Grass present throughout. This association occurs more densely on the left roadside in comparison with the right. A single Tree Violet also occurs at 14.60 on the left roadside.

Species recorded: Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 6 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 4. 15.60 - 15.85 (both sides)

Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside forming a triangular reserve of approximately 0.75 ha. The borders of the reserve are generally degraded due to road construction and stockpiling but the reserve contains some remnant grassland species.

Species recorded. (right only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus


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Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Common Bog-sedge Schoenus apogon Common Sedge Carex inversa Running Postman Kennedia prostrata

* Feather-heads Ptilotus macrocephalus Thelymitra sp. Acaena sp. Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 5. 15.85 - 16.650km (both sides)

Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species. Right roadside contains a stand of Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) with scattered Black-anther Flax-lily (Dianella revoluta) within an otherwise weedy ground cover (16.46-16.50).


0.00 16.650

Railway line (south end)

Winchelsea-Inverleigh Road

LOWLOW

HIGHHIGH

13.57 13.71 15.60LOWLOW

LOWMED #

15.85LOWLOW


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ROAD NAME WINGEEL ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 5.870km DATE SURVEYED 6.8.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1: 0.00 - 4.12km (both sides)

Right roadside with patches of Kangaroo Grass and Austrostipa species but heavily invaded by pasture grasses and weeds, particularly Phalaris. Left roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. (x2) Survey Score: 2 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 4.12 - 4.50km (both sides)

Left roadside supporting the threatened Barren Cane-grass with other salt tolerant grasses. Right roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.

Species recorded: (left only) V Barren Cane-grass Eragrostis infecunda Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla Varied Raspwort Haloragis heterophylla Amphibromus sp. Survey Score: 15 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 3. 4.50 - 5.870km (both sides)

Both roadside dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.


0.00 5.870

Cressy Rd

Wingeel Road

4.12LOW

LOW

HIGH

LOW

4.50 LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME WINKLERS LANE TOTAL LENGTH 0.750km DATE SURVEYED 18.10.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.750km (both sides)

Both roadsides generally dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although scattered remnant tree and ground cover species persist.

Species recorded: Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Juncus sp


0.00 0.750

Lower Duneed Rd

Winklers Lane

LOW

LOW


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ROAD NAME WOODACRES ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.740km DATE SURVEYED 23.9.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.31km (both sides)

Right roadside with scattered Eucalypts and Golden Wattle above a weedy understorey. A number of planted shrubs are present. The left roadside with some regenerating Eucalypts and Acacia species but the weed content is also high.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 7 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 2. 0.31 - 0.740km (both sides)

Right roadside supporting an open Eucalypt woodland for most of the length of the section although the final 100m is cleared. The vegetation structure is relatively simple with some areas modified by slashing. The left roadside is mostly dominated by pasture grasses and weed species except for a small length at the termination of the section supporting a light Eucalypts and Prickly Tea-tree community.

Species recorded: (both sides) Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum

Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula (right only) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Thelymitra sp. Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Survey Score: 3 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 0.740

Gundrys Rd

Woodacres Road

LOW

0.31LOWMED

LOW


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ROAD NAME WORMBETE STATION ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 6.090km DATE SURVEYED 28.11.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 1.86km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a tree canopy comprising various species of mature Eucalypt but also including Acacia and Sheoke species. The mid-storey is variable in composition and structure but in areas consists of regenerating saplings, Prickly Tea-tree and smaller Acacia species. The groundcover is degraded by grassy weeds. The tree and shrub vegetation on the right roadside from 1.56 has been removed due to the installation of overhead powerlines. Melaleucas have been planted on the reserve near the commencment of this section.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Tussock-grass Poa sp. Survey Score: 13 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 13 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 2. 1.86 - 2.34km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by pasture grasses and weed species although Prickly Tea-tree (Leptospermum continentale) is present in areas.


Both roadsides dominated by Acacia species although Yarra Gum is co-dominant in areas. Prickly Moses and Prickly Tea-tree form a shrub layer while Thatch Saw-sedge and Austral Bracken are common in the ground cover. Pasture grasses and weed species have invaded both roadsides.

Species recorded: R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Survey Score: 19 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 19 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH


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Both roadsides supporting a Eucalypt woodland with a relatively intact ground cover.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Soft Tussock-grass Poa morrisii Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 5. 3.20 - 3.26km (both sides)

Both roadsides with a dry Eucalypt woodland community with a diverse heathy ground cover.

Species recorded: Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Common Heath Epacris impressa * Dwarf Mat-rush Lomandra nana Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Tussock-grass Poa sp.(x2) Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Trailing Ground-berry Acrotriche prostrata

Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Mantis Orchid Caladenia tentaculata Thelymitra sp. Schoenus sp. Survey Score: 17 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 17 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 6. 3.26 - 3.68km (both sides)

The vegetation community occuring on the left roadside reserve continues from the previous section. The right roadside contains some Eucalypts in clumps but the ground cover is degraded due to weed invasion.

Species recorded: (right only) see list Section 5. Survey Score: 17 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 5 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW


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Both roadsides treeless. Left roadside supporting a number of relatively intact patches of remnant grasses. Introduced grassy weeds predominate on the right roadside.

Species recorded: (left only) Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 8. 3.84 - 3.92km (both sides)

Left roadside with mixed Eucalypt tree cover but the ground cover is dominated by pasture grassess and weeds. Trees have been removed from the right roadside for overhead powerline installation. The ground cover remaining is weedy.

Species recorded: (left only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. . Survey Score: 17 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 9. 3.92 - 4.35km (both sides)

Left roadside vegetation slashed at the time of inspection although the reserve does support some isolated Yarra Gums and Manna Gums. Right roadside with an open Eucalypts community with scattered Acacia species throughout. The ground cover has been slashed but would appear to contain remnant grasses to a large extent.

Species recorded: (both sides) R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis (right only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. . Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 17 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 10. 4.35 - 4.44km (both sides)

Left roadside with an open tree canopy of Yarra Gum (Eucalyptus yarriensis) and a ground cover supporting Thatch Saw-sedge (Gahnia radula) in areas. The grassy weed content is high. The right roadside has been modified due to the installation of overhead powerlines and contains mostly weed and pasture species.

. Survey Score: 17 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 2 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW


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SECTION 11. 4.44 - 5.11km (both sides) Tree cover of the left roadside variously dominated by Messmate, Manna and Peppermint with a mixed species mid-storey. The ground cover is reasonably intact in some areas but is infested by weed species in others. The right roadside contains only scattered patches of Acacia species with the reserve having been slashed and modified for overhead powerline installation. The ground cover remaining is weedy.

Species recorded: (both sides) Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon (left only) Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Supple Spear Grass Austrostipa mollis Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. . Survey Score: 12 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 3 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 12. 5.11 - 5.83km (both sides)

Left roadside supporting some relatively good areas of remnant shrub and ground cover species but only as a thin strip along most of the section length. Right roadside exceeds 5 metres in width. The vegetation exhibits good structure and reasonable diversity and intactness. Peppermint generally dominates the tree cover while a number of shrub and small tree species make up the mid-storey. Pines (colonised) and Grevilleas (planted) are also present on the right roadside.

Species recorded: (both sides) Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.(x3) (left only) Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Pultanea sp. (right only) Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (shrub form) Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis * Great Sun Orchid Thelymitra aristata


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Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Sundew Drosera sp. Survey Score: 7 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH SECTION 13. 5.83 - 6.090km (both sides)

Left roadside supporting a relatively immature Eucalypt woodland of Manna Gum and Messmate with an Acacia mid-storey. The reserve is greater than 5 m in width and the weed content is low. The right roadside is narrow (approx. 2m) but supports a young Eucalypt tree cover and a diverse and reasonably intact ground cover.

Species recorded: Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Blue bell Wahlenbergia sp. Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Grey Tussock-Grass Poa sieberiana Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp.(x3) Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Sundew Drosera sp. Pultanea sp. Survey Score: 17 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 12 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM LINEAR REPRESENTATION

0.00 3.68

Wurdale Rd

Wormbete Station Road

1.86 2.34

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ROAD NAME WURDALE ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 3.760km DATE SURVEYED 4.12.1996 DESCRIPTION SECTION 1. 0.00 - 0.68km (both sides)

Both roadsides with scattered Acacia species and a number of grassland species in the ground layer. The weed content is high with Genista and Gorse prevalent in places.


Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis Sundew Drosera sp. Mat-rush Lomandra sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Tussock-grass Poa sp.


Both roadsides supporting a Drooping Sheoke woodland with scattered Yarra Gum and Black Wattle throughout. The understorey contains a number of remnant species but pasture grasses and weed species are prevalent.

Species recorded: Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii

R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Carex sp. Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Senecio sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra


Both roadsides containing areas with a good cover of mature and regenerating Acacias and Manna Gum. The occurrance of a number of Brookers Gum has been recorded although these may possibly be hybridised forms with Manna Gum. The ground cover is heavily degraded by weed infestation on both sides.

Species recorded: Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis


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R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana

Tussock-grass Poa sp. Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula

Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Silver Banksia Banksia marginata (tree form) Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia


Both roadsides dominated by mature and regenerating Blackwoods and to lesser extent Black Wattle along most of section length. The groundcover is degraded from weed infestation.

Species recorded: Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Tussock-grass Poa sp. Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Survey Score: 10 L CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM 10 R CONSERVATION STATUS = MEDIUM SECTION 5. 3.08 - 3.48km (both sides)

Both roadsides dominated by grassy weeds although some Acacia species are present, predominantly as regenerating stock. The roadsides exceed 5m in some places.


Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Survey Score: 4 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 4 R CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW SECTION 6. 3.48 - 3.80m (both sides)

Both roadsides supporting a good Eucalypt woodland with an Acacia midstorey. Moderate regeneration is occurring although the groundcover is generally degraded from weed infestation including singular instances of Prickly Pear and Cootamundra Wattle. Brooker’s Gum has also been recorded although these may possibly be hybridised forms with Manna Gum as noted in Section 3.

Species recorded: Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis

r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Survey Score: 20 L CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH 20 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH


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SECTION 7. 3.80 - 5.825m (both sides) Both roadsides with scattered stands of Acacia species and a clustered stand of Yarra Gum near the termination of the right roadside. The groundcover is dominated by pasture grasses and weed species.


Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei

Juncus sp Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae

(right only) R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Survey Score: 6 L CONSERVATION STATUS = LOW 15 R CONSERVATION STATUS = HIGH LINEAR REPRESENTATION

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Wurdale Road

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ROAD NAME YANDINA ROAD TOTAL LENGTH 0.480km DATE SURVEYED 6.12.1996 DESCRIPTION 0.00 - 0.480km (both sides)

Both roadsides partly included within a small catchment incorporating Merrigig Creek. The roadsides support an open ferny woodland and open wetter areas.

Species recorded: Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Juncus sp Senecio sp. Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla Creeping Monkey-flower Mimulus repens Water-ribbons Triglochin procerum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Lepidosperma sp. Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata


0.00 0.480

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Yandina Road

MED

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Nomenclature is based on Ross, J. H. (1996) A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria. National Herbarium, Victoria.


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6. REMNANT FLORA RECORDED FROM SURFCOAST ROADSIDES R = rare in Australia r = rare in Victoria V = vulnerable in Australia v = vulnerable in Victoria * = regionally significant Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata Lightwood Acacia implexa Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Narrow-leaf Wattle Acacia mucronata Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia * Dwarf Silver Wattle Acacia nano-dealbata Prickly Acacia Acacia paradoxa Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Wiralda Acacia retinoides Hop Wattle Acacia stricta Sweet Wattle Acacia suaveolens Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua Varnish Wattle Acacia verniciflua (southern variant) Prickly Moses Acacia verticillata Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zealandiae Hairy Sheep’s Burr Acaena agnipila Sheep’s Burr Acaena echinata Trailing Ground-berry Acrotriche prostrata Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Common Maidenhair Adiantum aethiopicum Common Blown Grass Agrostis avenacea Black Sheoke Allocasuarina littoralis Slender Sheoke Allocasuarina misera Scrub Sheoke Allocasuarina paludosa Drooping Sheoke Allocasuarina verticillata * Sea Box Alyxia buxifolia. Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada Amphibromus sp. * Grey-beard Grass Amphipogon strictus * Blunt Everlasting Argentipallium obtusifolium Chocolate-lily Arthropodium strictum * Pale Vanilla-lily Arthropodium milleflorum Common Woodruff Asperula conferta Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum * Marsh Saltbush Atriplex paludosa Berry Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata Forest Hound’s Tongue Austrocynoglossum latifolium Supple Spear-grass Austrostipa mollis Tall Spear-grass Austrostipa pubinodes Fibrous Spear-grass Austrostipa semibarbata Spear-grass Austrostipa sp. * Rosy Baekea Baekea ramosissima ssp. prostrata Silver Banksia Banksia marginata Pale Twig-sedge Baumea acuta * Soft Twig-sedge Baumea rubiginosa Blanket-leaf Bedfordia arborescens Common Apple-berry Billardiera scandens Apple-berry Billardiera sp. Bolboshoenus sp.


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* Wiry Bossiaea Bossiaea cordigera Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata * Hinge-fruit Daisy Brachyscome cardiocarpa Cut-leaf Daisy Brachyscome multifida Coast Daisy Brachyscome parvula Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis * Yellow Bulbine-lily Bulbine bulbosa Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa Blue Grass-lily Caesia calliantha Pale Grass-lily Caesia parviflora Caesia sp. Spider Orchid Caladenia sp. Mantis Orchid Caladenia tentaculata Milky Beauty-heads Calocephalus lacteus * Lemon Beauty-heads Calochephalus citreus Purple Beard Orchid Calochilus robertsonii * Common Fringe-myrtle Calytrix tetragona Tall Sedge Carex appressa Short-stem Sedge Carex breviculmis Common Sedge Carex inversa Rush Sedge Carex tereticaulis * Inland Pigface Carpobrotus modestus Karkalla Carpobrotus rossii Common Cassinia Cassinia aculeata Drooping Cassinia Cassinia arcuata Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Cassinia sp. Slender Dodder-laurel Cassytha glabella Coarse Dodder-laurel Cassytha melantha Centella Centella cordifolia Blue Squill Chamaescilla corymbosa Windmill Grass Chloris truncata * Black Bristle-sedge Chorizandra enodis Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum * White Everlasting Chrysocephalum baxteri Clustered Everlasting Chrysocephalum semipapposum Mountain Clematis Clematis aristata Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Pink Bindweeed Convolvulus erubescens Grassy Bindweed Convolvulus remotus Rough Coprosma Coprosma hirtella Prickly Current-bush Coprosma quadrifida White Correa Correa alba Common Correa Correa reflexa Corybas sp. * Prickly Cryptandra Cryptandra tomentosa Sweet Hound’s Tongue Cynoglossum suaveolens Common Wallaby-grass Danthonia caespitosa Kneed Wallaby-grass Danthonia geniculata Tall Wallaby-grass Danthonia procera Stiped Wallaby-grass Danthonia racemosa Bristly Wallaby-grass Danthonia setacea Wallaby Grass Danthonia sp. * Leafless Bitter-pea Daviesia brevifolia * Hop Bitter-pea Davesia latifolia Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Daviesia leptophylla Coast Flax-lily Dianella brevicaulis Pale Flax-lily Dianella longifolia Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta * Tasman Flax-lily Dianella tasmanica Long-hair Plume-grass Dichelachne crinata


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Dichelachne sp. Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Soft Tree-fern Dicksonia antarctica * Grey Parrot-pea Dillwynia cinerascens Smooth Parrot-pea Dillwynia glaberrima Showy Parrot-pea Dillwynia sericea Hyacinth Orchid Dipodium roseum Rounded Noon-flower Disphyma crassifolium ssp. clavellatum Australian Salt-grass Distichlis distichophylla Panther Orchid Diuris pardina Sticky Hop-bush Dodonaea viscosa Tall Sundew Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Sundew Drosera sp. Scented Sundew Drosera whittakeri Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis acuta Common Wheat-grass Elymus scaber Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa Common Heath Epacris impressa Willow Herb Epilobium sp. V Barren Cane-grass Eragrostis infecunda Blue Devil Eryngium ovinum Scentbark Eucalyptus aromaphloia Brown Stringybark Eucalyptus baxteri r Brooker’s Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus Yellow Gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp. pruinosa Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata * Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata Mountain Ash Eucalyptus regnans * Red Ironbark Eucalyptus tricarpa Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis * Shining Peppermint Eucalyptus willisii ssp. falciformis R r Yarra Gum Eucalyptus yarraensis Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Sea Heath Frankenia pauciflora * Chaffy Saw-sedge Gahnia filum Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula * Red-fruit Saw-sedge Gahnia sieberiana Grassland Cranesbill Geranium retrorsum Austral Cranesbill Geranium solanderi Pouched Coral-fern Gleichenia dicarpa Scrambling Cora-fern Gleichenia microphylla Australian Sweet-grass Glyciera australis Tiny Cudweed Gnapthalium indutum. Dwarf Wedge-pea Gompholobium ecostatum Common Wedge-pea Gompholobium huegelii Common raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Bent Goodenia Goodenia geniculata Trailing Goodenia Goodenia lanata Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Golden-tip Goodia lotifolia V v Anglesea Grevillea Grevillea infecunda * Hemp Bush Gynatrix pulchella Western Furze Hakea Hakea repullulans Furze Hakea Hakea ulicina Varied Raspwort Haloragis heterophylla * Grey Glasswort Halosarcia halecnemoides * Blackseed Glasswort Halosarcia pergranulata


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Austral Mulberry Hedycarya angustifolia * Pale Swamp Everlasting Helichrysum aff. rutidolepis Button Everlasting Helichrysum scorpioides Trailing Hemichroa Hemichroa pentandra Mat Grass Hermathria uncinata * Bundled Guinea-flower Hibbertia fasciculata var. prostrata Erect Guinea-flower Hibbertia riparia Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Common Hovea Hovea linearis Hydrocotyle sp. Tree Violet Hymenanthera dentata Small St John's Wort Hypericum gramineum Tassel Rope-rush Hypolaena fastigiata Weather-glass Hypoxis sp. Blady Grass Imperata cylindrica Austral Indigo Indigofera australis Knobby Club-sedge Isolepis nodosa. Isolepis sp. * Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Ixodia Ixodia achillaeoides Juncus sp Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Common Lagenifera Lagenifera stipitata * Slender Velvet-bush Lasiopetalum baueri Dwarf Wire-lily Laxmania orientalis E e Spiny Pepper-cress Lepidium aschersonii * Clustered Sword-sedge Lepidosperma congestum * Little Sword-sedge Lepidosperma curtisiae Tall Sword-sedge Lepidosperma elatius Coast Sword-sedge Lepidosperma gladiatum Variable Sword-sedge Lepidosperma laterale Wire Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma semiteres Pithy Sword-sedge Lepidosperma longitudinale * Wiry Buttons Leptorhynchos tenuifolius Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides Coast Tea-tree Leptospermum laevigatum Leptospermum sp. Cushion Bush Leucophyta brownii Coast Beard-heath Leucopogon parviflorus Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Leucopogon sp. Screw Fern Lindsaea linearis * Native Flax Linum marginale * Peach Heath Lissanthe strigosa Lobelia sp. Wattle Mat-rush Lomandra filiformis Blue Mat-rush Lomandra glauca Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia * Small-flower Mat-rush Lomandra micrantha Many-flowered Mat-rush Lomandra multiflora * Dwarf Mat-rush Lomandra nana Tree Lomatia Lomatia fraseri * Holly Lomatia Lomatia ilicifolia Common Woodrush Luzula meridionalis Maireana sp. * Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata * Scented Paperbark Melaleuca squarrosa Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides Microtis sp. Creeping Monkey-flower Mimulus repens Climbing Lignum Meuhlenbeckia adpressa Tangled Lignum Muehlenbeckia florulenta


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Creeping Mistletoe Muellerina eucalyptoides Common Boobialla Myoporum insulare

Creeping Myoporum Myoporum parvifolium Myriophyllum sp. White Purslane Neopaxia australasica Privet Mock-olive Notelaea ligustrina * Musk Daisy-bush Olearia argophylla Snow Daisy-bush Olearia lirata Silky Daisy-bush Olearia myrsinoides v Velvet Daisy-bush Olearia pannosa Dusty Daisy-bush Olearia phlogopappa Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa Wrinkled Daisy-bush Olearia rugosa * Cypress Daisy-bush Olearia teretifolia Rayless Daisy-bush Olearia tubuliflora Variable Stinkweed Opercularia varia Orchidaceae sp. Shady Wood-sorrel Oxalis exilis Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Short Purple-flag Patersonia fragilis * Long Purple-flag Patersonia occidentalis * Magenta Stork's-bill Pelargonium rodneyanum Pelargonium sp. Prickly Geebung Persoonia juniperina Common Reed Phragmites australis * Shrubby spurge Phyllanthus gunnii Bootlace Bush Pimelea axiflora ssp. axiflora Curved Rice-flower Pimelea curviflora * Yellow Rice-flower Pimelia flava spp. flava Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Tall Rice-flower Pimelea ligustrina spp. ligustrina Slender Rice-flower Pimelia linifolia * Woolly Rice-flower Pimelia octophylla Thyme Rice-flower Pimelia serpyllifolia v Plains Rice-flower Pimelea spinescens * Narrow Plantain Plantago gaudichaudii Variable Plantain Plantago varia Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Common Tussock-grass Poa labillardierei Soft Tussock-grass Poa morrisii Blue Tussock-grass Poa poiformis Velvet Tussock-grass Poa rodwayi Grey Tussock-grass Poa sieberiana var. sieberiana Slender Tussock-grass Poa tenera Tussock-grass Poa sp. Mother Shield-fern Polystichum proliferum Hazel Pomaderris Pomaderris aspera Coast Pomaderris Pomaderris oraria * Cluster Pomaderris Pomaderris racemosa Small Poranthera Poranthera microphylla Victorian Christmas-bush Prostanthera lasianthos Balm Mint-bush Prostanthera melissifolia * Tall Leek-orchid Prasophyllum elatum * Salt Pratia Pratia irrigua Matted Pratia Pratia pedunculata Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum Tall Greenhood Pterostylis longifolia Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans Pterostylis sp. * Feather-heads Ptilotus macrocephalus Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides * Golden Bush-pea Pultenaea gunnii


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Dwarf Bush-pea Pultenaea humilis Prickly Bush-pea Pultenaea forsythiana * Soft Bush-pea Pultenaea mollis * Rough Bush-pea Pultenaea scabra * Red Beaks Pyrorchis nigricans Seaberry Saltbush Rhagodia candolleana Slender Dock Rumex brownii Creeping Brook-weed Samolus repens Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora * Fan-flower Scaevola albida * Shrubby Glasswort Sclerostegia arbuscula Common Bog-sedge Schoenus apogon Matted Bog-sedge Schoenus breviculmis * Shiny Bog-sedge Schoenus nitens White Sebaea Sebaea albidiflora Shiny Swamp-mat Selliera radicans Rough Fireweed Senecio hispidulus Fireweed Groundsel Senecio linearifolius Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus Cotton Fireweed Senecio quadridentatus Coast Groundsel Senecio spathulatus Kangaroo Apple Solanum laciniatum Solenogyne Solenogyne sp. Leafless Globe-pea Sphaerolobium vimineum Dusty Miller Spyridium parvifolium * Winged Spyridium Spyridium vexilliferum Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna Prickly Starwort Stellaria pungens Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium Hundreds and Thousands Stylidium inundatum Slender Trigger-plant Stylidium perpusillum Austral Seablite Suaeda australis Mountain Pepper Tasmannia lanceolata Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Hairy Rice-grass Tetrarrhena distichophylla Forest Wire-grass Tetrarrhena juncea Pink Bells Tetratheca ciliata * Rabbit Ears Thelymitra antennifera * Great Sun Orchid Thelymitra aristata Thelymitra sp. Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra * Paper-flower Thomasia petalocalyx Coast Bonefruit Threlkeldia diffusa * Rush Fringe-lily Thysanotus juncifolius Twining Fringe-lily Thysanotus patersonii * Common Fringe-lily Thysanotus tuberosus Yellow Rush-lily Tricoryne elatior Water-ribbons Triglochin procerum Streaked Arrow-grass Triglochin striatum Typha sp. Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis * Golden Spray Viminaria juncea Hidden Violet Viola cleistogamoides Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea Tufted Bluebell Wahlenbergia communis Yellowish Bluebell Wahlenbergia luteola Tall Bluebell Wahlenbergia stricta Bluebell Wahlenbergia sp. Silky Wilsonia Wilsonia humilis Round-leaf Wilsonia Wilsonia rotundifolia Common Early Nancy Wurmbea diocea Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis


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Small Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea minor Cut-leaf Xanthosia Xanthosia dissecta Woolly Xanthosia Xanthosia pilosa Heath Xanthosia Xanthosia pusilla


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